Join HCW to learn ideas for creating an outdoor wash rack, a great tool for recycling water. Plus, get other fun and useful tips for conserving water on your horse property, including rain gardens, automatic waterers, and using pervious surfaces.  

Is your horse an easy-keeper and hardly gets any (or no) pasture time? Do you hate keeping your horses tucked away in a dull, little confinement area? Get fresh ideas for managing confinement areas to keep your horses healthy, mud-free and mentally stimulated. February is a great time to learn about enrichment opportunities for your horse and start planning your summer now! 

Start out the grazing season right by learning how to make pastures more productive and control weeds. Join educator and horse owner Alayne Blickle of Horses for Clean Water to learn the basics becoming a “grass farmer,” including how grasses grow, rotational grazing, small farm equipment, fencing options, spreading compost, creating sacrifice areas, least-toxic weed control, effective irrigation—and horse health.

Want some fresh ideas for riding and training your horse to keep them healthy, mud-free and mentally stimulated all-year long? Join HCW to get tips and ideas on how to design a small-scale a trail course that you can build this summer and use year-round.

Join us to learn more about managing your small farm or horse property to increase chore efficiency, horse health, and natural resource stewardship. Topics include horse health and pasture management, firewise for horse properties, and manure management.

Join us at this free event to see and walk through a new horse property (brand new for these owners!) and discuss how and where to place a track paddock on this property. We will also look at mud and manure management options and slow-feeders.

Learn how your daily actions and long-term plans can help protect your horse and land against the emerging challenges of climate change. This workshop will cover the basics of growing and sustaining pastures, managing weeds, renovating pastures, fencing pastures so they are more productive and keep your horse healthy, and more!

If you have horses, then you have to put up with muck, right? Wrong! Make your place healthier for horses, reduce the pest insect population, help your property become more productive during the growing season, AND make it a chore-efficient place for you to manage.

Please join us on Saturday, November 17th from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. to hear Alayne Blickle, the creator and director of Horses for Clean Water, speak about horse property designs; mud, manure, and drainage management; and footing.

See healthy horse shelters with great ventilation, large mud-free turnouts with sand piles for rolling in, shaping of land for drainage, fencing to protect trees, people pass-throughs, a horse urinal with wood chips, composting in small compost barrels, winter horse pasture management—and more!

If you have horses or other livestock then you have mud, right? Wrong! There are many useful ways to manage mud and runoff on your property. This winter, make your place chore-efficient and healthier for your horses, other livestock, and the environment! 

Learn what you can do now to reduce mud, manage manure and prepare pastures for winter.

Join Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District and Alayne Blickle of Horses for Clean Water for a FREE WORKSHOP about managing mud, manure, and pastures - along with horse health! Workshop topics will include mud, manure, and drainage management; winter horse pasture management; and winter health care for horses.

Winterizing your horse property before the winter winds howl and the snow flies will help ease you through a chore-efficient winter. Looking at things like mud management, drainage, and horsekeeping practices NOW, while there's still time to make changes, will be so helpful.

Learn how to set up a track paddock and what to keep in mind when doing so. Keep confinement areas interesting for your horses—and chore efficient for you!​​​​​​​

Learn how to manage horses and grazing to prevent obesity and other health issues. Make changes now so your pastures can become more productive and your horses healthier! This workshop will cover basic techniques for good pasture management, including understanding how grasses grow, creating a winter paddock, liming, spreading compost, and more!

Learn how to reduce chemical use on your property while making it healthier for livestock, people, and wildlife! This workshop will cover mud management, least toxic and natural pest control, odor control, water conservation, on-farm recycling, and pollinator hedgerows.

Join Alayne Blickle of Horses for Clean Water at her 10-acre horse property to learn about mud/dust control, manure composting, pasture management, track paddocks, confinement area management, wildlife enhancement, drought-tolerant native landscaping and more!

Are weeds or flies a problem on your horse or livestock property? Join the King Conservation District and Alayne Blickle of Horses for Clean Water for a look at eco-friendly, least-toxic ways to manage weeds, bugs, and odors. Make your place nicer for you, your horses, and the natural world, too! Join us for light dinner, snacks, and helpful education. 

Join us at Canter Creek Farm to see how this landowner simplified her life and laid out her chore-efficiency plans for her two-horse, two-goat, four-acre property. Some of the super simple techniques you’ll see include low-maintenance fencing, composting, hay storage, mud management, bedding reduction and more!

Join Alayne Blickle of Horses for Clean Water and farm owners Lori Nevin and Jeffery Harr as we observe the horse and land management practices on this 6-acre horse property. We will discuss ways to reduce mud, compost horse manure, keep pastures productive, reduce flies, reduce chemical use—and more!

When wildfires happen, swift action needs to be taken to reduce the chance of lost animals and property damage. This presentation will help you identify wildfire risks around your horse property, learn appropriate measures to minimize that risk, and plan for evacuation should the danger of wildfire arise.

So you want to build a riding arena? What considerations are there beyond how big to make it and the location? Join us in this workshop at Two Cedars Farm to discuss those considerations, regulations, and resources, and learn how to make the right choices for you, your horses, your land, and your natural resources.

Start the grazing season out right by learning about pasture management, effective irrigation, composting horse manure, fly predators for fly control—and more!  Join the farm owners and educator/horse owner Alayne Blickle of Horses for Clean Water to learn the basics managing horse properties with a least-toxic approach.

Learn how to compost horse manure; this presentation will help you make your place healthier for horses, reduce the insect population, get your pastures more productive during the growing season.