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September 05, 2019

Healthy Horses Require Healthy Pastures

September 05, 2019/ Snohomish CD
Healthy Horses Require Healthy Pastures

Someone once said that we owe our existence to six inches of soil and the fact that it rains. This is very true, and amazing to ponder. The soil in our pastures, and the grass it grows, are just as vital to the health of our horses.

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September 05, 2019/ Snohomish CD/
Sound Farms, Sound Horsekeeping
horses, horsekeeping, pastures, health, manure, compost bins, grazing
November 30, 2018

Your Horse Can Help Orcas

November 30, 2018/ Snohomish CD
Your Horse Can Help Orcas

Horses have the ability to be and do many things, and one of the things we have found they can do is to help save our orcas.

Photo credit: Creative Commons, Kat Kellner

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November 30, 2018/ Snohomish CD/
Sound Farms, Sound Nature, Puget Sound Watershed, Sound Horsekeeping
orcas, horses, fencing, compost bins, grazing, manure, stormwater, Sound Horsekeeping
July 11, 2018

Sound Horsekeeping Update - July 11, 2018

July 11, 2018/ Snohomish CD
Sound Horsekeeping Update - July 11, 2018

Here’s a July update from Michael Hipp, our Sound Horsekeeping Program Manager.


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July 11, 2018/ Snohomish CD/
Sound Horsekeeping
manure, spreader, summer 2018, horses, compost bins
October 09, 2017

Horses Love Holly Farm

October 09, 2017/ Equine Life Solutions/ Snohomish CD
Horses Love Holly Farm

This June we had the opportunity to complete several best management practices (BMPs) at the Holly Farm in Bothell, WA in the Little Bear Creek Watershed.

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October 09, 2017/ Equine Life Solutions/ Snohomish CD/
Sound Farms, Sound Horsekeeping
horses, Sound Horsekeeping, rain garden, compost bins, cisterns, runoff, Bothell

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