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Possible mud solution
I wanted to share something I hope will be helpful. I live in South Louisiana, and mud is a constant here. Most of our ground is clay and does not drain but becomes extremely slippery gooey mud. I have read many people are having problems with mud control on their tracks. We have not tried this on track yet, but for driveways, walking areas etc. we have had great success with a product called "road ash", or "bottom road base". It may be called something else in your area but it is finely ground asphalt they get when they repair roads. It is normally put down as a base for a road or driveway to be built on top of. It is the consistency of coarse sand, it drains really well, conforms to the contour of the land, doesnt slide around, and when you pack it down it remains both solid and soft at the same time. That is a weird description but it retains its shape and form when pressure is applied while being "sandy" at the same time. I recently moved my round pen to an area where this product had been applied to a driveway, and it has held up really well with the horses turned out onto it. It did not appear to cause them any discomfort. It is the only thing we have found that will stay above ground for an entire year and not disappear within a few months. You do need to pack it well, we got a roller from Tractor supply that is pulled by my lawn tractor. I hope this helps someone.
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Starting from scratch, problem solving mud/gravel
I've been on this site for a while and only recently I've had to make the decision to move my mare to our own property, we have an area of cleared bush, pasture and forest with little hills, and a natural spring! We're going to run our fencing within the tree line as much as we can and we'll have several tracks within the paddock and forest for her. The only worry I have is mud, there's mud where she is right now and I can't imagine it would be long before her new paddock would be too! I know people say to buy pea gravel but unfortunately with my time frame and finances I cannot afford that, what would be a suitable alternative?
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Mud!
Here it is June and I think it has rained at some point almost daily for two weeks! Needless to say there are some really muddy and slippery spots on our track and to make matters worse our property is on a hill (with some flat areas). We also have a lot of sandstone rock that we made into a pile when we were clearing an area for our arena.
Some of the rock is quite large, but there is also a lot of smaller pieces and I'm wondering if I could use that in the muddy areas to make it less slippery. I would eventually like to put in pea gravel, but I know I'm going to need some kind of base for that anyway and right now I'm not sure we can afford it.
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Mud Management
Mud becomes worse than inconvenient on a Paddock Paradise track when it becomes dangerously slippery or joint-wrenchingly deep. Favorite solution: "This is what I have done here, in TN another name for the MUD state! Geo Textile fabric is
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The horses probably won't use it, but it will make it easier to carry out the hay.
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slow feeding in freezing mud season
Check out my new slow hay feeding video: It also shows why I look forward to the ground freezing! (hint: mud) <http://paddockparadise.wetpaint.com/page/Slow+Feeders> Get some popcorn first -- it's a long one. <G>
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