Um sorry, haven't got any. I am near @Ale on the greensand and it's been fairly dry. Sorry
Gateway to the mares' field....
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To be honest, it's a bit of a bottleneck as the field is long and relatively thin (if you zoom in you can see another mare in a blue rug waaaay down the field behind G). Even though the fields are rotated, grass never really grows around any of the field gateways. That said, although it is clay, it never gets very deep... certainly never above your ankle, even during the worst of a wet winter. At the moment it's very slippery because only the top is wet. You're not sinking yet!!
I'm sorry, I'm another with very little mud....I really don't miss clay and boot sucking mud. I was upset this weekend at having squishy stuff that was making the bottom of my boots dirty *hides from the rotten eggs* (I have been so spoiled since living here) that I dug it out and have some stone on order to pack it with as its right in front of the barn and irritating.
Is it your own fields? could you get some mole drains put in to allow all that surface water off them (might have to wait until next year now as a tractor would likely make a right mess of the top just now ) or perhaps a French drain might be a better long term fix.
@joellie ours are pretty muddy. Will take pics later!!!!
We have the really bad boot sucking variety. Just glad we don't have any horses shod - it would be a nightmare!
Those are French drains they should make a huge difference, perhaps they needs clearing if they aren't as effective any more, they block up when sediment gets in though the little holes and settles in the pipe, you should be able to rod them.I'm sure there is a downside too to having it so dry
Yes they are my own fields, we did put drains in across the field before sowing it out it has helped some but not enough, don't ask me what type they were as I am not good with that sort of stuff. I did watch and they laid pipes with holes in them into drains they had dug which they lined with stones before filling back up with the soil.