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Re: [RC] Mud and More Mud - Paul Latiolais

I learned "the secret" of mud control at a local workshop organized, I think, by the Oregon Department of Land Conservation and Development . A local horse breeder had been doing lots of experiments with different drainage systems and the one that worked the best was SAND. Yep, just sand. Now you have to run off, of course and you can't feed on it. so you have to work that out, BUT if you take a paddock sized plot of land with good natural drainage, you scrape off the mud (in the summer, of course) and then lay down 6"+ of sand, you won't get mud. And you keep them off any land were you want to grow grass.

I have not done it yet, but I sure would like to.

-paul
On Tuesday, January 4, 2005, at 01:25 PM, RHightshoe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Rain and more rain. I started building an Ark but stopped because I would
only be able to take two horses. I won't let my horses out on pasture when
the ground is soggy because they would ruin what grass is available. I
keep them in corals and everything works out well except the more it rains
the deeper the mud gets. It looks like they are all standing in about a
foot of muck and water and it will seemingly take forever to dry out even
if the rain stops. I'll probably be doctoring for Thrush before it is all
over. I'd be interested in learning how others deal with muddy corals.
Logically, I would think mixing truck loads of gravel in with the soil
might help but I have no idea if the gravel would do more harm then good.
If you have had a similar problem and were able to fix it, I would
appreciate the benefit of your experience. Thanks, Bob


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[RC] Mud and More Mud, RHightshoe