Severe Winter Questions/Concerns

April 3rd, 2008 by peter

Questions posed by Jolene Fenwick of Wisconsin on April 2 - and Peter’s responses:
Hi Peter… I’ve been doing some more reading on your system because I think it is a great concept for our stables. I have questions/concerns about our severe winters. Specifically, I’m wondering about: 77″ of snow thsi year and -40 degrees a [...]


Cold Weather Adaptation

January 10th, 2008 by peter

Brent Danielson of Story City, Iowa, has altered the construction of our Micro-Bin system to accommodate an extreme cold climate. Here are his comments:
I built three insulated bins that have an R factor of about 20 or so. This has been allowing us to keep our manure composting when the temperature hits single digits and [...]