Healthy horse standing in pasture with environmental water conservation symbols, promoting sustainable horse keeping practices.

Native Landscaping

Native plants are uniquely suited for your unique growing conditions and can help address many of the common challenges found on horse properties. Whether you want to improve mud-prone areas, slow erosion, or fill your property with plants that reduce wildfire risk and attract wildlife, native plants are the answer.

Bright red snow shovel leaning against a snow-covered barn during winter.

Are Snow, Wind, and Rain Driving You Insane?

Winter weather can create wildly varied scenarios, some of which leave you with more work than you can possibly handle. Save moving, there are some ‘weather fixes’ that can help keep wind and snow at bay and make life more comfortable for you and your animals, as well as make your farm more productive.

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Proper manure management and composting practices on a horse farm to promote sustainable land use and water quality.

Embracing Winter Solstice With Native Plants and Chore Efficiency

Native plants can be planted in the fall, all the way up until the time when the ground is frozen. During winter, plants have a chance to get roots established and take advantage of winter precipitation.
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Getting Buggy: How Horse Owners Can Help Pollinators

Two big things that we horse owners can do to help out with the world-wide pollinator decline are decreasing pesticide use and increasing pollinator habitat.
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Horse washing station with sustainable land management practices to reduce mud and improve horse health.

When Horses Meet Cattle

Longtime Horses for Clean Water supporters Urban Cattle sat down with us to talk about how they're implementing sustainable practices with their livestock.
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Healthy pasture land practicing sustainable manure management and land care for better water quality and horse health.

Sweet Pepper Ranch’s Fall Project: Native Pollinator Hedgerow

For those of you who don’t know it, Sweet Pepper Ranch, our place in Nampa, Idaho, doubles as a guest ranch and horse motel. What’s new here is that next year we hope to add another line to that resume: hosting weddings and special events.
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Peaceful pasture with grazing horses at sunset promoting sustainable horse keeping practices.
2026 Horse Keeping and Land Management Masterclass
  • Online Class
  • October 19, 2026
  • to November 23, 2026
  • Virtual
  • $197 - $287