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Alayne Blickle 
Plant Buffers on Horse Properties by Alayne Blickle Many horse owners don’t realize how helpful native trees and shrubs can be on a horse property. People, wildlife (including our valuable native pollinating insects), horses, and the environment can all benefit from a landscape of native plants. Native plants are … Read More
Control the Smell with this Easy Solution by Alayne Blickle, Horses for Clean Water The “black spot of ick” is how Jay Mirro refers to the paddock area where some horses repeatedly urinate so that it becomes nasty and smelly. Mirro is a senior farm planner for King Conservation … Read More
Sacrifice Areas Essential for Pasture Health by Alayne Blickle Probably the most important aspect of managing pasture is the time when you take your horses off your pasture. Grasses should not be grazed below 3-4 inches, and horses should not be on pasture when soil is saturated. You can … Read More
Giving Back to Nature Benefits Everyone by Alayne Blickle, Horses for Clean Water It’s spring and one of the treasures we horse owners enjoy is communing with nature. On a relaxing trail ride we might spot a fleeting fox or hear the melodic song of the varied thrush. And then … Read More
Turn a Problem into an Asset by Alayne Blickle Manure management is such a huge issue for horse owners who care for horses on their own property. One horse produces about 50 pounds of manure per day which is over eight tons per year! Add to that the 8 … Read More
First do a Cost-benefit Analysis by Alayne Blickle At Sweet Pepper Ranch, that’s what we’re doing: building an indoor arena. While it’s very exciting, the “go-ahead” decision was not something we took lightly. It required a lot of penciling out and some tough decision making. Is building an indoor … Read More
Be Prepared for Mud Season by Alayne Blickle Fall is exactly the right time to improve your confinement area footing. Doing so will help ensure that your winter doesn’t end up a chore nightmare with people and horses deep in muck. It’s much easier to do this in the fall … Read More
Strategies for Protecting Beneficial Insects by Alayne Blickle This past June the King Conservation District and Horses for Clean Water sponsored several Xerces events in various King County, Washington locations. In case you haven’t heard of Xerces, I would like to introduce you to them and their mission. Xerces … Read More
7 Tips to Keep Grass Plants and Horses Healthy by Alayne Blickle It’s that time of year when the grass gets greener and grows fast, but is it time to let your horses begin grazing on what you protected all winter? Putting horses out too soon can reduce the … Read More
Control Pests Naturally with Native Birds by Alayne Blickle Every horse person loves spring, but what gives us great hope of summer being just around the corner is the return of swallows to the Pacific Northwest. Depending on where you live, you should begin seeing swallows in March and … Read More
