Mon Mar 07, 2011 8:03 am
I usually end up with a couple full buckets of spent grain. One bucket always goes to the barn for the horse and chickens that night. The other bucket goes into the compost. My wife made horse cookies with it a couple times and gave most of them away to Horse friends. (Those things are expensive and we could all have a little side business making those things)
We would make the horse treats more often but it's always an issue storing the grain until we can make the treats. We usually freeze the grain in the deep freeze which I never have enough space in.
The basic horse treat is a mix of Spent grain, flax, Black sunflower seeds and a little flour with sugar and molasses. The mix gets baked in the oven like a cookie. Horses love sugar so these are always a hit.
My neighbor who has a really nice garden practically begs for spent grain on her compost. Apparently it does something special. I usually dump it in my own compost just because it seems to help break things down faster than with out it.
Well that keg disappeared fast!
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