This message is from: "Jean Gayle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Once again after trying different footings over the years I have found none better than "screenings" which comes from crushed rock. The dust in it comes up about a foot and after seven years and some replacing there is not dust. The horses love it and I have never had a horse slide in it. They leave about an inch imprint when walking in it. I do drag it as needed because my horses like to roll or run about in it. I understand that if left out side it can harden but that has not happened here. I have covered over grass to keep mud from paddock entrances and laid out a pattern for riding in the outside pasture and it is still there after seven years. Some areas build up dirt from manure, leaves etc and I have had the tractor scrape it down a bit and then added more screenings. Jean
Jean Walters Gayle Aberdeen, WA Author:The Colonel's Daughter $20 PO Box 104 Montesano, WA 98563
