Small horse pasture ideas

Rotational grazing, rest, weed control and dragging are key to horse pasture growth and health.

Hopefully when i have my own place. I will have these. But with shade

When it's time to come in and eat my pellets for dinner, I like to do a little dance at my pasture gate. I'm just...

The key to avoid having weeds overtake your horse pastures is to make your pastures as competitive as possible for grass--a healthy stand of grass will go a long way toward out competing the weeds. Here are six important things you can do to avoid weeds.

My first two years of horsekeeping, I used my turnout area more or less continuously. (My first spring, I did keep them in the corral behind the barn for about a month while the last snow melted, the ground dried out, and the grass grew in; the second year it wasn't as muddy so I didn't need to do this). This year I finally divided my pasture into three sections and started rotating. I noticed a big difference in the condition of the grass and land. Here are some before and after pictures…

I have been really wanting a dry lot and I finally have one! I wanted to share some photos of the upgrade. Here are some before pictures that illustrate why you might want a dry lot to preserve your pasture: The area where the dry lot is now, all torn up in January. It got worse as the winter progressed. As you can guess from the green grass, last winter started unseasonably late--we had thunderstorms on Christmas! So this shows less damage than typical. Hoof damage near the gate and feeder…

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