How to Soak Up Mud in a Paddock
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The area outside the barn door soon turns to mud.Thomas Northcut/Lifesize/Getty Images
Scrape off manure and excess mud. Where the problem area is outside a stall or barn, take off enough muddy soil, if possible, to make a slight slope away from the barn as an aid to drainage. - 2). Pour quicklime or hydrated lime onto the mud to dry it out. Mix the lime into the mud using rakes and hoes. Compress it with a hand tamper.
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Sand makes a clean absorbent surface for a corral.Jupiterimages/Photos.com/Getty Images
Lay gravel about six inches deep. Put larger stones on the base then finer gravel on top if you have bought different grades. Top with 4 inches of sand or 6 to 12 inches of wood chip or shredded bark. - 4). Mix asphalt millings, bluestone dust or blue metal with either sand, gravel or bark as an alternative footing if they are more readily and cheaply available.
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