Soil development – Equine Permaculture

All About Soils – 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 Soils – Part 2 Soil Food Web

Posted by Equine Permaculture on November 18, 2018

Soils are complex mixtures of minerals, water, air, organic matter, and numerous micro and macro-organisms that are the decaying remains of once-living things. It forms at the…

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All about soils – Part 1

Posted by Equine Permaculture 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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Why I chose the Permaculture path for my (horse) property!

Posted by Cristina Wilkins on March 13, 2015

By Cristina Wilkins (Director, Editor in Chief of the Horses & People Magazine) I have always believed in caring for, rather than caring about horses. This…

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Soil Decision Making

Posted by Equine Permaculture on March 13, 2015

Posted June 15, 2011 by Campbell Wilson (reposted from www.permaculturenews.org) When you are trying to decide which method of soil improvement…

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