Muddy gateway!

[goldie12]

Hi all so my mare lives out 24/7 and has to be tacked up by the gate as we have no stable/shelter. The area is sectioned off so they can't stand there all day making it worse put its still a big deep muddy puddle! Can you offer any solutions, I hate grooming/tacking her up and having her standing in mud! The rest of the field is electric fenced all the way round the edge, any suggestions welcome!

 

[*hic*]

Grass mats, but you're too late for this year as they need to be laid before it turns into a bog.

 

[CatStew]

Could you put some woodchip down? Just a thought, be careful though as it might get slippy

 

[Slightly Foxed]

Screened hardcore? Or phone around your local tree surgeons and see if they'll let you have their surplus chippings. Wood chip very quickly turns to mulch though.

 

[Feathered]

I've had this trouble before.

We taped off an area before the gate, to make a nice little standing, feeding, grooming etc area.

 

[meesha]

grass mats would be my choice (saving up for some myself) I wouldnt use woodchip as it turns to mulch and can be very deep. if going for harcore etc make sure you put down a square of terram underneath otherwise it will sink into the ground. All you need to do is literally lay down the terram and get a lorry from towens or quarry to back up and tip the stone - you can then do the hard bit of levelling it out - you will need quite a lot to make it worthwhile - a lorry load rather than a couple of tonne dumpy bags (lorry works out much much cheaper)