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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 3 DIY soil tests
In this Equine Permaculture series, we ‘dig deeper into soils’ and, to date, we have explored what soils are, how soil is formed, the different types of…
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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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All About Soil – Part 1 Facts about soil
In this brand new Equine Permaculture series, we will ‘dig deeper into soils’ and explore what soils are, how soil is formed, the different types of…
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Benefits of dung beetles on horse properties
Dung beetles in Australia Australia has more than 500 species of native dung beetles and 23 species of dung beetles introduced from Hawaii, Africa and southern…
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Amazing facts about dung beetles
Adapted from the article by Marcus Byrne Professor of Zoology and Entomology, University of the Witwatersrand Dung beetles are very cool creatures!…
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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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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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