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Develop an Evacuation Plan for Your Horse Property By Alayne Blickle Wildfire can quickly become a threat to rural landowners. Since most horse owners live in the interface between urban and rural areas, action needs to be taken quickly to save the lives of your animals and reduce property …
Can Being Eco-Friendly Help Your Bottom Line? By Alayne Blickle Have you heard the old joke about how to make a small fortune with horses? The punchline: by starting out with a large fortune. Does making money on horse acreage need to be this way? We explored this topic …
Don’t Cut Corners on Correct Footing By Dustin Gruetter Does choosing arena footing make your head spin? It seems complicated because it is! Of course, equestrians know that caring for horses is no easy task. Poor footing will subject your horse to increased risk of injury and long-term degenerative …
How to Live the Dream and Help Save the Planet Small-scale agriculture and animal farming are some of our strongest links to the earth. This symbiotic, cyclical relationship between humans, flora, and fauna predates our agrarian roots and is guided by a principle of respect for our planet’s natural …
Guelph, Ontario – With cooler, darker days ahead – and more pressure on heating and lighting systems – the risk of barn fires increase. So, now is the time for your annual combustible clean-up! Combustibles are everywhere and unavoidable around the horse farm, but your management of them can considerably …
Make the Right Choice! by Alayne Blickle, Horses for Clean Water Footing material is useful for winter paddocks and confinement areas or for high traffic areas such as gates or watering points. The purpose of footing material is to build up an area to keep your horse or animal …
By Jennifer Roberts As we head into fall, the lush pasture may be waning. It’s time to make winter plans, what will you to for your horse’s turnout over the winter months? For many people, a dry lot is the perfect turnout situation for their horses. A dry …
Maintaining Respiratory Health at Competitions By Jennifer Roberts You’ve trained hard, practicing the sticky points over and over again. Your tack is cleaned, the trailer is packed… you feel as prepared as you can be as you pull out and head to the horse show. You’ve done everything in …
Sacrifice Areas Essential for Pasture Health by Alayne Blickle Probably the most important aspect of managing pasture is the time when you take your horses off your pasture. Grasses should not be grazed below 3-4 inches, and horses should not be on pasture when soil is saturated. You can …
Whatcom Conservation District will host our second annual free Small Farm Expo on Saturday March 11, 2017 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. We invite you to be involved as an exhibitor! Last year’s event was so successful with 250 attendees that we have expanded into a larger event …