Re: [IceHorses] How we handle pasture
On Thu, Nov 1, 2007 at 9:59 AM, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You will find about as many methods of managing horses and pasture as you will find owners, but we finally left our flat irrigated farm land for a hay field and put the horses/ponies on the dry hillside. Well, at this point I'm wondering about my snow filled pasture...hubby says he could always plow a track inside. V
Re: [IceHorses] How we handle pasture
On 21/03/2008, Virginia Tupper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, at this point I'm wondering about my snow filled pasture...hubby says he could always plow a track inside. Kevin finally did that last winter and again this past winter. He also blew out the trails with the snowblower. It really helps with the footing AND helps dry the trails up a little faster in the spring. Our problem this past winter was that the temps never seemed to rise above -10 from about mid-December on...and if they were higher...then we had a gale force wind. Bad winter all in all.. But yes, ploughing trails helps... Wanda
Re: [IceHorses] How we handle pasture
the way we handle pasture is we lie prone in it blubbering and weeping in sublime exhileration over every tiny blade... and its doing so good now!!! yay Janice -- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
Re: [IceHorses] How we handle pasture
On 21/03/2008, Janice McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the way we handle pasture is we lie prone in it blubbering and weeping in sublime exhileration over every tiny blade... and its doing so good now!!! yay Janice I'm going to start putting the horses in the riding arena they can clean out any area in a matter of days. I want to keep the grass and weeds down in there. Amazingly we have green grass sprouting where the snow has melted. Wanda
[IceHorses] How we handle pasture
Virginia, You will find about as many methods of managing horses and pasture as you will find owners, but we finally left our flat irrigated farm land for a hay field and put the horses/ponies on the dry hillside. That way, we manage their intake. Even full-sized horses get fat on irrigated pasture. Because it is hillside, we don't get too much in the way of mud bogs, but this is the Pacific Northwest. It does get muddy no matter what we do. Nancy
