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Kelly and Dan Munro, owners of Grateful Pine Farm, a recently purchased a 17-acre commercial horse property in Snohomish, WA. | Photo: Jessica Paige
Kelly and Dan Munro, owners of Grateful Pine Farm, purchased a 17-acre commercial horse property in Snohomish, Washington, this past spring. Recently, I interviewed Kelly Munro to get to know a little more about her and her approach to managing horse land and her new commercial horse boarding/training facility. Munro’s new property will be featuring some innovative and exciting new management techniques that I want to highlight and share with a larger audience.
Q: What’s your background with horses, and what kind of riding you do?
Munro: I’ve been riding for 20+ years and have been a horse and farm owner and worked at numerous equestrian facilities during that time. I’m a dressage rider, trail rider, and I also breed and train Norwegian Fjord horses. My philosophy is to build flexibility, strength, and confidence in the horse through gentle, varied exercises and clear, correct riding, so they can happily pursue any activity in partnership with their rider.
Q: When did you move to this property and how did you come up with the name, Grateful Pine Farm?
Munro:
re: Washington Horse Farm Uses Rain Gardens for Mud Control in Paddocks and Mountain Trail Course
So sorry! I should have referenced a past Smart Horse post of mine on rain gardens:
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re: Washington Horse Farm Uses Rain Gardens for Mud Control in Paddocks and Mountain Trail Course
We purchased our 20 acre farm in 1998.It was somewhat rundown and overgrazed.By only having no more than 1 horse per two acres and allowing the grasses/ vetch to go to seed we have been able to crowd out tar weed and other tough to eradicate weeds. Hav
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It does seem like a lot of horses for the space but adult horses don’t need as much room to run and they don’t mention breeding. Hopefully they aren’t!!! What I find horrendous is that in addition to all the horrors farm animals endure the
re: Washington Horse Farm Uses Rain Gardens for Mud Control in Paddocks and Mountain Trail Course
I appreciate that the owners of Grateful Pine Farm have undertaken the challenge of renovating and improving a previous commercial horse facility with the intention of providing as optimal an environment as possible given the existing situation and con
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I can’t find the FAVORITE button to save this article into my collection, anyone else have this issue? Great Article Alayne. The owner did say she was going to rearrange the paddocks. I am sure one that is done, there won’t be 40 horses on 17 acres She
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I agree with all the positive comments.
To those with negatives:
Owner said "The property is set up to accommodate about 40 horses, but that’s a lot of horses even on 17 acres, so we have to redo cross fencing so that pastures and
re: Washington Horse Farm Uses Rain Gardens for Mud Control in Paddocks and Mountain Trail Course
I came here for info on rain gardens and how to minimize mud in my turnout paddocks and pasture. I got a little info which I will use. If the people who left all the negative comments donated the $$$$ or acreage instead of insults, I believe life would