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    • All About Soil – Part 5 Using soil tests to improve horse pastures

      Posted by Mariette van den Berg (MB Equine Services) on March 11, 2020

      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

      Posted by Equine Permaculture on March 11, 2020

      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 3 DIY soil tests

      Posted by Equine Permaculture on December 29, 2019

      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

      Posted by Mariette van den Berg (MB Equine Services) on November 18, 2018

      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

      Posted by Mariette van den Berg (MB Equine Services) on February 10, 2018

      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

      Posted by Equine Permaculture on January 27, 2017

      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

      Posted by Equine Permaculture on January 27, 2017

      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

      Posted by Equine Permaculture on November 30, 2016

      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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    • What is equine permaculture?

      Posted by Equine Permaculture on March 13, 2016

      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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    • Making changes for the better

      Posted by Equine Permaculture on April 13, 2015

      We asked horse and land owners to tell us a short story about their property, pasture and/or horse management journey. We are all aware that this an…


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