Learn basic techniques for good pasture management, including how grasses grow, creating a mud-free winter paddock, manure management and composting, rotational grazing, fencing options, and small farm equipment. We will also discuss what constitutes a “lush” pasture, sugars in pastures, and how all this contributes to horse health. Learn how to manage horses and grazing so your horse doesn’t become fat—make changes now so your pastures can become more productive, your place chore-efficient, and your horses healthier! 

Livestock and overgrazed pastures are often looked at as the villains of environmental integrity. But what if that wasn’t the case and good pasture management by horse and livestock owners could actually slow down or reverse climate change? Learn basic techniques for good pasture management including how grasses grow, creating a winter paddock, spreading compost, rotational grazing and managing small grazing areas.

Make your place healthier for horses, reduce the insect population, help your property become more productive during the coming growing season, and make it a chore-efficient place for you to this next winter! Learn how to compost horse manure, see different bin designs, find out about off-site options for dealing with stall waste, and view the latest techniques for reducing stall waste in the barn.

Make your place healthier for horses, reduce the insect population, help your property become more productive during the coming growing season, and make it a chore-efficient place for you to this next winter! Learn how to compost horse manure, see different bin designs, find out about off-site options for dealing with stall waste, and view the latest techniques for reducing stall waste in the barn.

Wildfire can quickly become a real threat to rural landowners. When horses or livestock are involved, swift action needs to be taken to reduce the chance of animals being lost and property damaged. This presentation will help you identify wildfire risks around your horse property and provide you with the appropriate actions to minimize that risk, as well as ways to expedite an evacuation should the danger of wildfire arise.

Having a few trail obstacles on your property—large or small—can allow for a variety of training and enrichment opportunities for horses. Obstacles can be ridden or worked in hand. Join Alayne Blickle and Matt Livengood to learn about a variety of obstacles they have built on their property and the different ways they utilize them in their training program. Get tips and ideas for constructing obstacles on your own horse property.

Are weeds, flies, or rodents a problem on your horse property? Join HCW to look at eco-friendly, least-toxic ways to manage pests and odors. Make your place nicer for you, your horses, and the natural world, too!

Springtime is the right time to get going on pastures. But where to start? Join Horses for Clean Water in this presentation to learn the top seven tips for good pasture management. Start the grazing season on the right foot (or hoof!) and get a jump on how you can easily improve your pasture productivity, chore efficiency, and horse heath. 

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!