Horses For Clean Water

Determining Space Requirements for Manure Storage April 23, 2013
If you are just building your horse property or thinking about relocating your manure storage, here are some factors that you may want to consider when figuring out how much space you will need for your manure or compost pile: You'll want to calculate how much manure your horses will produce when building a compost bin or storage area. Photo: Alayne Bli […]
Alayne
Rain Gardens on Horse Properties April 11, 2013
Rain gardens are a bright new idea for dealing with an age-old nemesis on horse properties - too much water and MUD! And they are a fun way to deal with April showers. Rain gardens can do many things, such as:• Reduce flooding;• Reduce mud and erosion;• Filter polluted runoff;• Recharge groundwater;• Provide wildlife habitat; and• Provide an attractive, low- […]
Alayne
Spring Pasture Management Tips March 28, 2013
It’s that time of year when the grass gets green and grows fast! But is it time to let your horses begin grazing on the pastures you’ve carefully fenced off all winter? Putting horses out too soon can reduce the productivity of your pastures this summer and letting your horses graze too much can be dangerous to horse health. If your horse has metabolic issue […]
Alayne

Back from The Land Down Under

Alayne and her friend Sheri Clevenger, who traveled with her, at Living Legends in Melbourne, Australia. Living Legends is a retirement home for Thoroughbred racehorse geldings.

Done with the Holidays—Time for a New Year!

I had an awesome time in Australia. When people ask what impressed me most I say two things, the people and the animals. It was so fun and interesting meeting people there. Everyone was so friendly and helpful—we loved their accents and the new words for

New Work on the HCW Horizon

Alayne Blickle, founder of Horses for Clean Water, and Harley, happy to have new and exciting work ahead.

Exhibition of Historic Horse Images and Firewise Education

Big news! Horses for Clean Water recently was awarded TWO new contracts!

The first new contract is from the Southwest Idaho Resource Conservation &

PEST ALERT: Blister Beetles in the Pacific Northwest

Pacific Northwest native punctate blister beetle. Photo courtesy of the Pacific Northwest Pest Alert, July 17, 2012.

Horse owners in many parts of the United States already deal with concerns of blister beetles in alfalfa hay as part of their everyday regimen. In the Pacific Northwest we have been relatively free of that worry–that is until now. An outbreak of these poisonous insects has been positively identified in the foothills of

Blickle receives award from American Horse Publications

Horses for Clean Water founder, Alayne Blickle received another award from American Horse Publications at the annual awards banquet just held in Williamsburg, VA for her Smart Horse Keeping blog she does for TheHorse.com

Out of 12 nominations, Blickle’s contributions were noted for: “Blog includes very helpful informative posts on emergency preparedness, composting horse manure, combating horse boredom.

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June 6th, 2012 | Category: Awards, Blog, News | Comments are closed

Alternative to Buying New Farm Equipment

The list of equipment needed to manage a horse property is long, and sometimes overwhelming, especially for those just starting out. Not only is new equipment expensive, it is time-consuming to maintain and do upkeep on it plus you need room to store it. Here are some alternatives to buying new equipment and ways
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June 1st, 2012 | Category: Blog | Comments are closed

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