2009 Heating Season Updates
October 5, 2009
We are winding down our first full year and we want to thank everyone who helped to get our grass pellet manufacturing business though the many trials of our start-up period.
We appreciate the willingness of so many to try out our completely new product and get back to us with the results, as we struggled with the unknowns and many changes to our equipment and processes.
Our latest product, Barley Pellets, were produced a little late in the season but we were gratified with the feedback and feel they will be even more successful when used earlier in the year.
We are ready to start off a new year with a bang and introduce some new products so keep checking our isite for info and details!
We are excited that we recently found a source of wood so we now can furnish those persnickety stoves that didn’t like the small amount of extra ash from the grass [weed] pellets.
We have also been experimenting with using the grass pellets in our outdoor flower garden. When mixed with our heavy clay type soil and moistened, it is like a miracle – The pellets expand 5 to 6 times their original size and a small amount will loosen the soil amazingly. The weed seeds have all been destroyed in the pelleting process. Also a few pellets sprinkled around a plant on top of the ground makes a great mulch.
And now for horse bedding. We have acquired kiln dried pine and are making pellets for horse stalls. It is light colored and smells so nice!
Our 2009/2010 Heating Season Prices are as follows:
Grass pellets – $ 4.50/40# bag or $225/ton
Soft wood heating pellets – $ 5.00/40# bag or $235/ton
Dry kiln horse bedding pellets-$ 4.50/40# bag or $225/ton
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I have a field of switchgrass and wonder how much you would charge for pelletizing the hay?
What stove is recommended for buring the higher ash pellets?
Thank you
Ted Stucka 436-9353
I currently work for non profit org. that produces and plants tall grass prairie every spring we burn these areas off to promote new growth the org.s goal to provide habitat for animals I have been considering b uying a pelletizer and using the TGP straw . i would like any input you could give ie type size where to buy pelletizer, how much tonage is required to make a go of it .I would hope to supply homeowners and possibly greenhouses in the future .I’m located in chatham ontario canada thanks Rob
Hi,
My husband and I have a pellet stove and wanted to purchase grass pellets. We live outside of Hancock, NY in Cadosia. If they work well in our stove we will look into selling them in our area. Thanks
Thank you for your comment.
We would love to have you try our grass pellets in your stove. Since you live fairly close, the idea of you selling them for us is appealing and keeping with our philosophy of “circle of local sustainability”.
We hope to be able to keep with that concept in the future as we need help with distribution.