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Purify Your Pasture
Organic pasture practices purify and sustain your pasture,
providing maximum support for your horses
by Shari Frederick
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Test pasture soil annually to

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Plant cover crops in the pasture and add an ounce of orange oil (or
safeguard against deficient or excess to maximize nutrition and enhance soil. molasses). Especially effective on tender
nutrients. Test soil samples from each Planting legumes (soy, cow peas, pinto young weeds and alkaline soils!
major management zone during beans, black eyed peas, or Australian
prime growing season. Follow the winter peas) alone or along with your
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Purify your pasture soil while
instructions of the testing facility. equine grazing crop (oats or alfalfa), maximizing your pasture’s efficiency
Negative ramifications to your horse greatly supports the soil without with natural, healthy supports and
are probable if nutrients are out of chemicals. When planting non-equine innovative, economical, time-saving
balance. For example, proper selenium crops such as Sudan, the same is true practices. be aware of water sources
supports healthy muscle tissue; selenium in that the soil is improved. Select and runoff. Always rotate grazing. your
deficiency equals poor performance inoculated bacterial sources to get in primary goal should be a non-chemical
and low immune system. your county the root system and promote nitrogen pasture yielding high nutritional mixed
agent can guide you through the steps production. native grasses with few weeds or bald
to gather soil from multiple points, and patches.
then combine for testing.
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Remove cactus and sharp
you and your horse will notice a
pointed succulents. Alternate uses
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difference for the better!

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Detoxify and enhance pasture include:
soil with humate and micro-organisms - transplant to a cactus garden
Shari Frederick, BS, NMD, LE, a nutritional
along with molasses for effectiveness - check for re-selling at the local nursery
educator, assists horseowners in making
healthier, more natural choices in horse care.
and nutrition. Use a soil amendment - top a pasture rock post
She is an advocate of natural prevention
chock full of organic soil supports - accent a fence line
and support for overall health, healing and
while fertilizing with fish or seaweed,
stronger immune systems for both humans
along with microbial foliar teas. No-
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control weeds organically.
phosphate, non-ionic surfactants (such Weeds will redistribute seeds and take
international lecturer and self-styled naturalist.
Visit Shari’s websites, horserescuefaces.com,
as non-antibacterial Dawn liquid soap) over pasture that lacks grass. Spray
healthyhorsehints.com, or check out Shari’s
are known to enhance results. 98% vinegar (acetic acid) diluted 20% Healthy Horse Hints at holistichorse.com
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