Spring Cleaning Tips: Getting Ready for the Growing Season
Spring is in the air! Here are some tips to help you get your horse property ready for the season.
Nearly Nontoxic Insect Control
Fewer flies and less chemical warfare can create a healthier barn environment for you and your horse.
Build a Horse Manure Composting System
Use these drawings and step-by-step instructions to build a simple manure composting bin.
Rain Gardens on Horse Properties
Rain gardens are a bright new idea for dealing with an age-old nemesis on horse properties – too much water and MUD! Plus, they’re a fun way to deal with April showers.
Looking for More Manure Disposal Options?
What useful and green off-site manure disposal options have you discovered in your area?
Give Away Your Manure or Compost
If you’re not saving your manure or compost for your own use, an effective disposal option is giving it away to places that can utilize it.
Spring Pasture Management Tips
Putting horses out too soon can reduce the productivity of your pastures this coming summer and letting your horses graze too much can be dangerous to horse health. Here are some considerations to keep in mind before you open up the gates to the pasture.
Recycling Down on the Farm
Looking for ways to trim your horse budget? Besides helping the environment and being “green,” another benefit of recycling is it saves money! It can
Green Farm Makeover
Can we as horse owners make a few changes to our horse keeping habits to help lessen our draw on the ecosystem? We can make everyday changes such as recycling and conserving water, but what else can we do to reduce our impact on the environment?
Green Horse Keeping
What environmentally friendly management practices might work for you and your farm?
Spreading Compost
Once soils are no longer saturated and while we still have some spring rains ahead of us, do your horses and your pasture a favor by spreading compost. The nutrients, organic material and beneficial bacteria and fungi in the compost will help your grass plants become more productive.
Put Native Birds to Work for Free, Natural Insect Control: Swallows
By providing swallows with nest boxes, you can help their populations increase and make a huge dent in the numbers of insects around your property this summer.
