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Re: [RC] [RC] Mud and More Mud - Ridecamp Guest

Please Reply to: Nicole z_arabs@xxxxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Paul Latiolais 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. <<

We did that for our arena in CA.  We compacted the natural dirt 
(clay), then a layer of compacted DG, and then 3" of sand.  The
arena was useable even during the rain. The day following rain it
would be dry and gorgeous.

For pasture/dry lots, the best I've heard to use is pea gravel.
That's what we'll be doing in the muddy areas of our property now
that we're in the Pac North Wet. :)  And we'll put in a sand arena
eventually, too.

~Nicole


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