Horses For Clean Water
About
The Green Horse
Sample Materials
Consultations
4-H'ers For Clean Water
Sponsorship
Our Sponsors
Schedules
Farm Tours
Tip Sheets
Links
Classified Ads
Biography
Contact
Sign up for The Green Horse Monthly Newsletter by joining the Horses For Clean Water Yahoo!Group   Powered by
groups.yahoo.com
©2008 Horses For Clean Water
The Green Horse: Promoting the equestrian lifestyle within a sustainable environment

Welcome to The Green Horse newsletter archives

NEW! July 2008
A Novice Learns That Best Management Practices Are Best When Practiced
Tips for Greener Trails; Part 2 of a 3 Part Series
New Baling Twine and Tarp Recycling Project
Pasture Weed Woes? Help Is Available in King County, WA
Tip of the Month: Grasses, Grazing and Horse Health
The Horse: An Exhibition at the AMNH in New York City
Farm Focus: TWO Special Farms Host Tours

NEW! June 2008
Message from Alayne: The Dance
Tips for Greener Trails
Enjoying Wildlife on Horse Properties
Weed Tips for June
HCW Reader’s Tip: More Critter-proofing Water Trough Ideas
Farm Focus: Maple Leaf Farm

May 2008
Message from Alayne: The “Tingle Test”
Low Cost Options to Buying New Farm Equipment
Book Review: Trail Riding and Horse Camping Books
Summer Pasture Management Schedule
Your Questions on Composting Answered

April 2008
Message from Alayne: Comes a Horseman
HCW’s Spring Check List
Tips for Using Native Plants
In Search of The Perfect Footing
Grasses, Grazing and Horse Health: Tips for Safer Grass

March 2008
Message from Liz: The State of Horse-Ownership
Your Questions: Fencing and Border for an Outdoor Arena
Bat Houses
Weed of the Month: Creeping Buttercup (Ranunculus repens)
Help Reduce Flooding with a Rain Garden
Tip of the Month: Critter Proofing Stock Tanks

February 2008
Message from Alayne: Pepper’s Gifts
Reward Yourself!
Recommended Reads
Tip of the Month: Bedding Selection Criteria
Your Question: Streams, Horse Manure and Regulations
Pet Related Infections
Olympic Horse Manure Management Going Green in Hong Kong
Chainsaw and Safety Information Available

January 2008
This Month’s Message: Winter Tips from a Colorado Horse Owner
Tip of the Month: Composting with straw bales
Snohomish County Horse 4-H’ers for Clean Water Go National!
Flood Relief Resources for Western Washington Residents
Flood kills animals, prompting disposal response
Grants Available to Promote Land Conservation for Horses Through Equestrian Land Conservation Resource and Breyer®
Book of the Month: Recreational Horse Trails in Rural and Wildland Areas

December 2007
Message from Alayne: This is YOUR test
Holiday Gift Ideas from HCW
Dealing with Boredom
Tip of the Month: Gutter Talk
Where Do Herps Go in the Winter?
Year in Review: Thank You to All HCW Participants in 2007

November 2007
Message from Matt: A Small Package Named Felix
Disaster Preparedness For Horse Owners
Farm Focus: Fleek Quarter Horses
Reader’s Tip of the Month: Using Conveyor Belting
Your Questions: Which Footing For My Paddocks?

October 2007
Message from Liz: Wyoming for a Week
LaLande Farm Receives Accolades
The Washington Heritage Barn Initiative: Is Your Barn Eligible?
Tip of the Month: Footing Options
You know you are a horse person when...

September 2007
Message from Alayne: Rocky Spencer
What’s In YOUR HAY? Part II
Farm Focus: Raging River Farm
West Nile virus news updates
Tip of the Month: Winter Paddock Chore Efficiency

August 2007
Message from Alayne: Horse Angels
Dealing with Odors in Horse Paddocks
Going Batty with Bats in Your House?
Are the Bugs Bugging You?
Tip of the Month: Pull Tansy Ragwort
Our Horse Lives are Rich with Feeling

July 2007
Message from Alayne: Crossing Paths
Homemade Weed Control Spray
Farm Focus: Clever Farm
A New Aerated Compost System in Snohomish, WA Comes On-Line
Dealing with Odors in Horse Paddocks

June 2007
Message from Alayne: Summertime
Farm Focus: Three Sisters Mule Farm
Tip of the Month: Pasture Management
Do You Know Your Soils?
Hay stocks lowest since 1950
Free Alternative Stall Bedding
Don’t Let These Weeds Take Over Your Pastures!
Weed Control Resource List

May 2007
Message from Alayne: Small Packages
Farm Focus: How the Hare’s Lair Counters the High Cost of Horse Bedding
Grasses, Grazing and Horse Health: Tips for Safergrass
Livestock Mortality Disposal
Western Tanager
Free Pasture Weed Classes in King County

April 2007
Message from Alayne: Looking for Safer Grass for Grazing?
Tip of the Month: Renewable Energy Opportunities
Seed Advice for Greener Pastures
New Handbook on Targeted Grazing Now Available
End Problems with Wildlife
Farm Focus: The Jardine Farm

March 2007
This Month’s Message: The Latest and Greatest from the Rockin’ Circle C
Tip of the Month: The swallows are coming—are you ready?
Building a Nestbox
Barn Swallow Diary
Farm Focus: The Red Barn in Oakland Bay, WA
Shopping for Used Tack

February 2007
This Month’s Message: What Does Sustainability Mean on Your Horse Farm?
Spotlight on Aerated Composting
Building Cement Compost Bins
Barabaro’s Farewell
Battling Nature-Deficit Disorder

January 2007
Message from Alayne: Spirit Bear, One Person’s Voice
Farm Focus: Beyond Paradise Farm
Tip of the Month: Drainage Issues? Assess Surface Flows Now
Thank You to 2006 HCW Farm Tour Hosts
Dealing with Downed and Damaged Trees

December 2006
Message from Alayne: This Is a Test
Tips for Using Native Plants
Free Trees!
Impacts of Flooding on Trees
Should We Worry About E. coli On Small Horse Farms?
Northwest Organic Dairy and Egg Producer Receives Certification

November 2006
Message from Alayne: I See Manure Everywhere
Protecting Groundwater
Tip of the Month: Gutter Talk
In the News

October 2006
Message from Alayne: Vegas, Baby!
HCW Debuts a New Sponsorship Program
New Tip Sheet Available: Fall in Place
Clean Water: What’s Your Contribution?
Tip of the Month: Gravel Footing
Trail Safety During Hunting Season

September 2006
Message from Alayne: It’s Not Your Hobby Either!
Geotextile Fabric: Another Ally in the Fight Against Mud
Tip of the Month: Purchasing Hogfuel
What’s in YOUR Hay?
WNV found in Yakima horse, first WA case in 2006

August 2006
Message from Alayne: It’s not my “hobby!”
Grasses, Grazing and Horse Health
Who Are the Good Guys Anyway?
Unwanted Wildlife: Dealing with Close Encounters
Are You a Mosquito Magnet?

July 2006
Message from Alayne: Greener grass ahead!
Are Insects Bugging YOU?
Water-wise for Horse Owners
An Update from 4-H’ers For Clean Water
WSU Educational Opportunities

June 2006
Message from Alayne: It’s Show Time!
Top Tips for Attracting Wildlife
“Amplification” strategy may be key to combating WNV
Microbes in Manure Can Minimize Potential Pharmaceutical Pollution
Tip of the Month: Free Rubber Mats
Farm Focus: 4-H’er Kacey Nelson

May 2006
This Month’s Message: Alternative Therapies
The Lowdown on Lime
Farm Focus: Meet Dawn from Kankakee, Illinois
Top 7 Recycling Tips
Pasture Weed Workshops

April 2006
This Month’s Message: Letting Go
Building an All-Weather Arena (Part 2)
Spring Pasture Management Tips
Special Message From Alayne: BEHAVE Workshop
Reader’s Tip

March 2006
Message from Alayne: Reiner Turns Dressage Rider
Spring Cleaning Tips: Getting Ready for a Busy Season
March Issue of Horse & Rider Magazine
Building an All-Weather Arena (Part 1)

February 2006
Message from Alayne: Golega
Snohomish Conservation District Partnership Award
Living With Elk
Farm Focus: Hupprich Acres on Tiger Mountain

January 2006
Message from Alayne: Looking Back and Ahead
Basic Horse Care Tip of the Month: Shelter
Gutters and Downspouts: A Useful Tool on the Farm
Go Native!
Weed of the Month: English Ivy

The following back issues The Green Horse are available to purchase for just $3.97 each!

$3.97

December 2005 (~408kb)

Contains:
Message from Liz: Responsibility
Tip of the Month: Emergency and winter storm preparedness
Update on Horse 4-Her’s for Clean Water
Focus on YOUR Farm: The Benjamins
The HCW Holiday Gift Giving Suggestion List

$3.97

November 2005 (~296kb)

Contains:
Message from Alayne: Bon Voyage
Weed of the Month: Blackberries
Tip of the Month: Automatic Waterers
Focus on Your Farm: Beyond Paradise Farm
Book Review: An Accidental Cowboy

$3.97

October 2005 (~156kb)

Contains:
Message from Alayne: Fall Reflections
Tip of the month: Give your pastures the fall and winter off
Disaster Preparedness for Livestock
Trail Riding Safety for Hunting Season
West Nile virus found in Yakima County horse

$3.97

September 2005 (~308kb)

Contains:
Message from Alayne: Happy Trails
Spreading Compost
Katrina Strands Many; Rescuers Wait for Evaluation of Worst Hit Areas
Tip of the Month: Footing Material
Farm Focus: Lord Hill
Book Reviews

$3.97

August 2005 (~400kb)

Contains:
Message from Alayne: Victory Lap
Controlling Creeping Buttercup in Pastures
Worm Queen, Mary Appelhof, Passes Away
Diesel Fuel
Farm Focus: Simpatico Stables
Farm Focus: Rott-N-Ridge Ranch

$3.97

July 2005 (~296kb)

Contains:
My New Schoolmaster: Importing a Horse from Canada
Kicking the Wood Chewing Habit
Resources for Dealing with Wildlife
Farm Focus: Bullock Romneys

$3.97

June 2005 (~316kb)

Contains:
Message from Alayne: It Just Is
Controlling Weeds with Goats and Sheep
Farm Focus: Blickle-Livengood Farm

$3.97

May 2005 (~672kb)

Contains:
Message from Alayne: In the Mirror
Barn Swallows: Free, Easy and Natural Bug Control
Alayne Blickle Receives Green Globe Award on Earth Day
West Nile Virus Updates for Northwest Horse Owners
Farm Focus: Jubilee Farms

$3.97

April 2005 (~496kb)

Contains:
Message from Alayne: Why I Show
Identifying and Protecting Wetlands on Your Horse Property
We’ve Been Googled
Farm Focus: Raising Horses with NO Mud!

$3.97

March 2005 (~268kb)

Contains:
Message from Alayne: The Eye of My Horse
Wipe Out Tack Room Mold
Tip of the Month: The swallows are coming...are you ready?
Important Drought Information for the Pacific Northwest
West Nile Virus Update for Northwest Horse Owners

$3.97

February 2005 (~436kb)

Contains:
Message from Alayne: Bifurcation Points
‘Planting’ Ahead for Power Lines
Our Picks...from The Green Horse Staff

$3.97

January 2005 (~160kb)

Contains:
Message from Alayne
A January To Do List

$3.97

December 2004 (~512kb)

Contains:
Winter Care
Horses for Native Plants
Our Favorite Things

$3.97

November 2004 (~1mb)

Contains:
Gimme Shelter: Providing Basic Shelter Requirements for Your Horse
Book Review: Horse Housing; How to Plan, Build and Remodel Barns and Sheds
HCW Farm Focus: Rockin’ Circle C

$3.97

October 2004 (~504kb)

Contains:
Figuring Out Footings for Horse Paddocks
Product Review: 1200D Waterproof/Breathable Turnout Sheet
HCW Farm Focus: Blickle-Livengood Farm

$3.97

September 2004 (~360kb)

Contains:
Fall in Place: Preparing Your Horse Farm for Winter
Product Review: Winter Boots
HCW Farm Focus: Horse Property with a View!
Tip of the Month: Spreading Lime

$3.97

August 2004 (~196kb)

Contains:
Water: Waste Not, Want Not
Rodents and Wasps and Deer, Oh My!
Tip of the Month: Grazing
August Book Review: Bugs of Washington and Oregon

$3.97

July 2004 (~744kb)

Contains:
Putting Compost to Good Use
Firewise Your Farm
HCW Farm Focus: Isabelle Moe’s Pony Farm
July Book Review: Sunset Magazine

$3.97

June 2004 (~756kb)

Contains:
Don’t Let These Weeds Take Over Your Pastures!
A 5-Step Guide to Composting Horse Manure
HCW Farm Focus: Judy and Jim Westall’s Farm
June Book Review: A Horse Owner’s Field Guide to Toxic Plants

$3.97

May 2004 (~872kb)

Contains:
Prevent Flies this Summer, Now!
Farm Equipment 101
HCW Farm Focus: Honey Do Farm and Witch Creek Farm
May Book Review: Horsekeeping on a Small Acreage

$3.97

April 2004 (~616kb)

Contains:
To Fertilize or Not To Fertilize?
West Nile Virus Still a Concern
HCW Farm Focus: Cascade Stables
April Book Review: Beyond the Hay Days

$3.97

March 2004 (~804kb)

Contains:
Ready, Set, Graze!
The Swallows Are Coming!
Small Farm Expo This Month!
HCW Farm Focus: Couer du Cheval Arabians
March Book Review: The Faraway Horses

 

If you have any questions or would like to submit an article for publication in The Green Horse, please e-mail info@horsesforcleanwater.com.

Washington Equestrian Network - serving Washington State

Find a State Line Tack store