A sacrifice area is a small enclosure, often called a paddock, corral, or pen, meant to be your horse’s outdoor living quarters. Technically it is

Winter has sneaked in and hit many parts of the northern United States. For those not fully prepared, now is probably your last chance to

The follow up from last week’s Smart Horse Keeping post on using stall mats is talking about alternative bedding products. The point to any bedding

Using less bedding can save you time and money. Less bedding use means cleaning stalls will be easier and quicker (since you won’t have to

No matter where you live in North America, you may have been hearing that long-range weather forecasts are calling for some pretty bad weather for

If you haven’t already done so, fall is the time to buy your winter supply of hay. Be sure to look for green, leafy, fresh-smelling

This time of the year everything on our small horse ranch is all about winterizing. Heading into fall, chore efficiency is my main mantra. If

This past weekend I had the pleasure of offering my Horses for Clean Water workshop to horse owners in the scenic Peace River region of

This week at our new horse property my focus has been on improving the ventilation in the barn for the horses–as well as for us

If you care for horses on your own place then at some time you probably have wondered what to do with that huge mound of

Hand-in-hand with the shelter requirements for the fall/winter is putting down some type of footing. This would be for winter paddocks, confinement areas or high

I mentioned in my first post that we recently moved our farm to a new location in sunny southern Idaho. Part of my business goal

Summertime and the living is easy, or at least that’s how the George Gershwin song goes. If you’re a horse person, summertime can be a