Is My Compost Pile Going to Combust?
Our digital managing editor thought her manure pile was about to burst into flames. Find out why she needn’t worry.
How to Manage Mud Around Horses
Learn easy ways to manage mud and manure from Alayne Blickle of Horses for Clean Water.
Nontoxic Rodent Control on Horse Farms
Discover natural ways to control mice, rats, and other problem rodents on your horse farm.
Preventing Water Run-Off on Horse Properties
Gutters and downspouts can prevent mud from accumulating around barns. Horses for Clean Water’s Alayne Blickle explains.
Why Should You Cover a Compost Pile?
Horses for Clean Water’s Alayne Blickle explains the environmental benefits of covering a compost pile.
What Time of Year Should Horses be on Pastures?
Learn what months are best for grazing horses on pasture from Alayne Blickle of Horses for Clean Water.
All-Natural Options for Weed Control
Here’s how to help your pasture outcompete weeds so you can avoid using toxic herbicides.
Homemade Weed Control Spray
Trying to beat those weeds? Here’s a homemade herbicide recipe for tank sprayers or spray bottles that’s low in chemicals and caustic substances.
Keep Pastures Healthy With Rotational Grazing
Rotational grazing is a recommended pasture management “best management practice” to increase pasture productivity and prevent overgrazing and soil compaction. This technique guarantees fresh grass for your horses for a longer period of time during the growing season.
Why Is It Important to Protect Waterways from Horses?
Horses for Clean Water’s Alayne Blickle shares reasons to protect streams from livestock and how to do it.
Horse Manure Management Other Than Composting
Alayne Blickle of Horses for Clean Water offers alternatives to composting for small horse-property owners.
Horse Manure Management: Composting
Composting is an excellent manure management strategy. Horses for Clean Water’s Alayne Blickle explains.
How to Protect Septic Systems and Wells from Horses
Horses for Clean Water’s Alayne Blickle explains why you should keep horses off septic systems and away from wells.
Buffer Your Horse Paddocks
Alayne Blickle, of Horses for Clean Water, shares how buffer or biofiltration strips can help control muddy runoff in your paddocks.
How Can Horse Owners Protect Waterways from their Animals?
Livestock can damage fragile waterways. Horses for Clean Water’s Alayne Blickle shares how to keep horses off yours.
Spring Liming of Horse Pastures
Liming horse pastures is one big way you can help most horse pastures become more productive.
