One of the joys of horse ownership is figuring out how to dispose of your muck heap. Some people are lucky enough to have local gardeners who queue up to take it away. Others spread it on their fields. Often though it involves paying a local farmer to remove the heap for you.

So what if I told you that you could not only dispose of your muck for free but you could also help the environment and heat your house?

Well you can! All you need to do is follow some easy DIY instructions to make yourself a brick mould. Then take some horse poo and fill your mould. Having compressed it down with your foot, turn the mould upside down and hit it with a mallet to release the brick. Make yourself a stack of bricks then leave them to dry for about 3 weeks.

Once the bricks are dry you can burn them in your multi fuel stove or open fire. Believe it or not, horse poo fire bricks don’t stink either!

For more information on how to build a brick mould for your manure please visit Backwoods Home Magazine.

You can also buy a metal briquette maker that can be used to recycle your unwanted junk mail and other waste paper and cardboard.