Budget Barn Cleaning Kit

Barn Consider a wheelbarrow for hauling muck instead of a bucket or tub. Metal rakes hold up better than plastic for outside cleaning in barn areas. Plastic manure forks glide…

How Toxic is Your Horse Barn

Take these steps to make your barn less toxic and chemically hazardous to you and your horse. “Barns, as a whole are hazardous. A barn‘s level of toxicity is a…

Open Barn = Healthy Barn

…and gobs of fresh air. Horses put out a lot of body heat, and a closed barn readily collects that heat and the humidity that goes with it.? A barn

Birds In the Barn, Too

Not only are cats common barn inhabitants, so are birds. Most birds are helpful and positive additions to the barn environment. Barn owls come by their name honestly and thrive…

Boarding Stables: A Labor Of Love

…low-cost barn workers, including working students and local people willing to work for minimum wage, have dried up. Many barns now have to follow the same 9-to-5 employment rules as…

Get a Green Barn!

…take to minimize the environmental impact of your barn, from manure composting to establishing a recycling program. You’ll soon discover that what’s good for the environment is good for you,…

Barn-Flooring Options

Barn flooring is the foundation of a clean and safe barn. Flooring needs to have good traction, so that horses and their handlers don’t slip and fall. Since barns are…