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When the Drought Breaks… Hold Your Horses!
After yet another dry and hot year in Australia, most horse owners and farmers are longing for some steady rain to kick-start the growing…
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All About Soil – Part 5 Using soil tests to improve horse pastures
In this All About Soil series, we have been ‘digging deeper into soils’ and explored what soils are, how soil is formed, the different types…
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All About Soil – Part 4 Lab soil tests
In this exclusive Equine Permaculture series, we have been ‘digging deeper into soils’ and explored what soils are, how soil is formed,…
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All About Soil – Part 2 Soil Food Web
Soils are complex mixtures of minerals, water, air, organic matter, and numerous micro and macro-organisms that are… Soils are complex mixtures of minerals, water, air, organic matter, and numerous micro and macro-organisms that are… Soils are complex mixtures of minerals, water, air, organic matter, and numerous micro and macro-organisms that are…
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8 ways to manage run-off and control erosion on horse properties
Original article by Dr. Mariette van den Berg, published in the Horses and People Magazine (November 2016). Cover photo by Linda Zupanc. When it comes to horse…
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Permaculture zone planning for horse properties
Orginal article by Dr. Mariette van den Berg (MB Equine Services), Published in the Horses & People Magazine (August 2016) When it comes to horse property layout, it pays…
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Horse & Land Owner Story: A place to Call Home
Published in Horses and People Magazine Feb 2016 A secluded corner of the Lockyer Valley has, for the second time around, become home to European settlers chasing their dream; to…
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Paddock subdivision allows more strategic grazing
Published in the Horses and People Magazine March 2016 Most horse owners recognise a horse-sick pasture; the one with poor quality grasses containing weeds, compacted, eroded…
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What is equine permaculture?
Published in Horses and People Magazine (Feb 2016) While many people begin to explore ways to make farming more sustainable and others think of the lifestyle…
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Carob for horses
By Mariette van den Berg, BAppSc. (Hons), MSc., RAnNutr. (Equine Nutrition) Introduction In a previous article we describe the benefits of trees and shrubs as fodder and…
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