tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069355744610822273.post8363157773394495914..comments2024-02-10T12:05:09.075-08:00Comments on a horse crazy american in germany: Mitigating mud in rainy Germany with sand?lythahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01719586193059362084noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069355744610822273.post-71232272137972559692021-11-18T15:55:55.868-08:002021-11-18T15:55:55.868-08:00You can make it work without removing the mud but ...You can make it work without removing the mud but you must put down a barrier. If you add sand/gravel to mud directly you need to add 3x as much to get any impact. Shastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15895873888469145409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069355744610822273.post-57988102244191133472021-11-14T00:49:47.173-08:002021-11-14T00:49:47.173-08:00Aarene, I tried to scoop out the mud but J disagre...Aarene, I tried to scoop out the mud but J disagreed. I'll mention it again.lythahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01719586193059362084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069355744610822273.post-59572074032223504992021-11-13T21:32:22.758-08:002021-11-13T21:32:22.758-08:00BEFORE YOU MOVE ALL THAT GRAVEL.
You aren't g...BEFORE YOU MOVE ALL THAT GRAVEL.<br /><br />You aren't going to like this. Sorry.<br /><br />Before you move all the gravel, scoop out the mud. Yes. All of it. Scoop it out, or your gravel will just sink into it and disappear forever. Totally not exaggerating.<br /><br />Scoop. Out. The. Mud.<br /><br />And then.<br /><br />Stay away from the gravel still. Put down a barrier. Ideally, hoofgrid, or whatever other grid stuff you can get. Heavy-duty landscape fabric, if you can't get anything else <--the kind you can drive trucks over, not the wimpy weed-barrier stuff. Really. Put. Down. A. Barrier.<br /><br />When the barrier is in place, put gravel on top of it. Yay! Gravel! <br /><br />Permeable brick driveways are tremendously better. Pavement leads directly to flooding. We have a gravel driveway because we can't afford permeable brick. If we had impermeable pavement, we would have a river from the road down out driveway that would eventually gully out my barn. We do not have a gully because we have permeable gravel. AareneXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18072169739345465380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8069355744610822273.post-48907899486430016112021-11-13T15:47:23.502-08:002021-11-13T15:47:23.502-08:00It’s hard when the ground is always wet. But no ro...It’s hard when the ground is always wet. But no round pen? That’s rough. TeresaAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05311118900077951863noreply@blogger.com