Pasture – Equine Permaculture

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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Paddock subdivision allows more strategic grazing

Posted by Equine Permaculture on March 16, 2016

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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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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Dung beetles in Australia

Posted by Horse SA on March 3, 2015

Want to know more about beneficial bugs & dung beetles? Check out the new website Horses Bugs & Beetles! The website…

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Pasture hydration & the role of trees

Posted by Mariette van den Berg (MB Equine Services) on February 8, 2015

Published in the Horses and People Magazine & Hoofbeats Magazine Hydration & Vegetation Management By Mariette van den Berg BAppSc.(Hons), MSc. (Equine Nutrition) In the previous section we discuss…

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