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Re: [RC] Mud and More Mud - Chris Paus

I did just that a few years ago. Got a dump truck load
of sand and filled in my worst mud holes. It worked
great for a couple of years, but our Kansas clay just
seems to eat the sand! I need to do it again. Told my
hubby I wanted another truck load of sand for
Christmas, but I didn't get it, dang.

chris
--- Paul Latiolais <latiolp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


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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