posted 13 years ago
Manure
If you can separate the black crumbly stuff from the wet slimy stuff, you can use the crumbly stuff immediately. The slimy stuff needs more time and could probably do with some of that sawdust mixed in. The sawdust will absorb lots of the moisture, making it less slimy. Does the slimy part stink? If so, it could make good use of the carbon in the sawdust. Those worms will process the material if you did nothing but let it sit.
Ash
If it came straight from the kiln untreated, you would do well to let it sit in the rain for a while to wash out the lye. Once it has been rinsed a couple times you should be able to do anything with it.
Charcoal
Sift it from the ash, crush, rinse, do whatever you like.
Sawdust
Don't let it go to waste. The size is right for fast composting but you'll need 2-3 times the weight in high nitrogen material (manure, grass). If you don't have the stuff to mix it with, keep it separate, draw from the pile as you need it. If you can't use it for a couple of years, mix in some soil, soak it. In a couple of years fungi will decompose it, even with no nitrogen material added. If you add it to the manure, consider starting with a ratio of 3 parts (by weight) of manure for 1 part of sawdust.
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