horseymama2
Overrun with beasties
Good morning all,
I am trying to come up with a plan for an arena space with safe footing at home. I only own 5 acres, and currently only two acres are fenced. My place used to be row crop land that was terraced, so my place rolls down from a hill on the north where the 2 acre pasture is, to my house in the middle, then flattens out to the south with two old terrace ridges breaking up the second, field (which is not fenced yet). I am teacher, so I don't have a ton of money for fancy facilities. I want a 60 x 120 schooling ring with footing that won't tear up my horse's legs. During warm weather I can ride in the grass, but I hate to tear up my field during winter. Right now I either have frozen ground of 6 inches of mud, which is treacherous when it refreezes. How can I improve the footing for winter? Any suggestions for getting dirt work done cheaply? I need to level those old terraces and create a riding arena on that side of the property long term. I live in NW Missouri near the Iowa border in zone 4/5. Thanks for your ideas.
I am trying to come up with a plan for an arena space with safe footing at home. I only own 5 acres, and currently only two acres are fenced. My place used to be row crop land that was terraced, so my place rolls down from a hill on the north where the 2 acre pasture is, to my house in the middle, then flattens out to the south with two old terrace ridges breaking up the second, field (which is not fenced yet). I am teacher, so I don't have a ton of money for fancy facilities. I want a 60 x 120 schooling ring with footing that won't tear up my horse's legs. During warm weather I can ride in the grass, but I hate to tear up my field during winter. Right now I either have frozen ground of 6 inches of mud, which is treacherous when it refreezes. How can I improve the footing for winter? Any suggestions for getting dirt work done cheaply? I need to level those old terraces and create a riding arena on that side of the property long term. I live in NW Missouri near the Iowa border in zone 4/5. Thanks for your ideas.