HorseSARE
Improving
Horse Pasture Management: Renovating High Traffic Areas
Horses need to have regular exercise
throughout the year. Renovated high
traffic areas can be effective ways to provide exercise without
excessive mud
or ice problems without ruining pastures that can be used for quality
grazing. A portion of the high traffic
area in a
paddock near the barn was renovated using the methods developed for the
UVM
Ellen A. Hardacre Equine Facility.
Layers of geotextile sandwich 2 ½ - inch diameter gravel. The top layer of geotextile was covered with
“dirty” pea stone, creating a stable area to promote water infiltration
and
decrease runoff and erosion. See the
invoice for costs.
Presentations from VT's 2008 Everything Equine Tradeshow
A step-by-step walk through of the high-traffic area renovation at Enniskerry Farm (PDF
file--5 MB)
Managing pasture for horses with
limited acreage and budgets, presented by Dr. Rachel Gilker (Powerpoint
file--8.7 MB)
Additional Resources
Across the Fence: Managing Horse Pasture to Save Land and Reduce Costs (streaming video)
Order publications from UVM Extension's Equine program, including Greener Pastures.
Feel free to contact us
with any questions: Dr. Rachel Gilker: rgilker@uvm.edu,
Dr. Betsy Greene: betsy.greene@uvm.edu
Last modified June 23 2009 03:03 PM
