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| My "sacrifice area" was used for the first time this winter. I put my horses in it every night and it is now a giant mud pit. They sink up to their ankles! What can I put down to help? Someone suggested sand, but I was wondering about the horses ingesting it (since I throw hay on the ground for them).... |
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Location: Wisconsin | Screenings- I am in WI and a dump truck load is about $150-$180 depending on full they fill truck. |
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| Not much, imo.
Once it dries depending on the size and set up of the area I would say look into tile, grading, adding a bed of rock, gravel, and limestone, etc.
Whether or not sand will help will depend on the composition of the dirt. We already have pretty sandy soil and it's a mud hole too. The worse spots are understandably in the runs from the barn, so we have a guy adding gutters next week. Depending on the success of those we plan to dig the runs out next summer and rebuild them with rock, pea gravel and packed limestone. Our lot is what it is just due to the lay of the land, but we plan to add waterers to our stalls so we can lock them up in the runs and not worry about it.
Mud is an unfortunate fact of life this time of year. |
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| I'm in the southeast where clay is our ground. :(
The area is very shaded so I'm not sure how well it will dry (we moved here in June so we haven't seen it year-round yet).
What are screenings??? |
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Location: Running my kids somewhere. | mcorcoran - 2017-03-03 9:37 AM Screenings- I am in WI and a dump truck load is about $150-$180 depending on full they fill truck.
Where do you order your screenings? I need a couple of loads to put in front of the gates. |
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Location: Running my kids somewhere. | dRowe - 2017-03-03 9:43 AM I'm in the southeast where clay is our ground. :( The area is very shaded so I'm not sure how well it will dry (we moved here in June so we haven't seen it year-round yet). What are screenings???
Description: Crushed Limestone Screenings are a fine packing limestone material which can be used as an economical alternative to sand for leveling surfaces for stone or brick patios. Sold by the Ton.
Uses: Perfect for horse stalls, sheds, driveways, a base under pavers or natural stone. Once packed becomes a 'cement like' base material. That drains well. |
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| I ask this almost every year we have a winter like we had this year in CA. lol I have tried everything. I wish mine was only ankle deep. Mine was Knee deep in spots. What i finally did was take my horses to a friends for a weekend and hired a BIG, I mean BIG tractor to come in, completely scrape my property where my pens were and he built up certain areas and totally changed the lay out of the area for better drainage. I must admit, since doing it the water just runs off rather than collecting and making more mud. My pens dry faster when it does rain. It cost a pretty pretty penny to hire basically an earthmover of a tractor but so far, so worth it. |
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