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Thanks for the link. I was already planning to stop by the local agricultural extension, but it's at a botanical garden so I'm not overly hopeful. I'll try the FSA too.

That is an awesome Paddock Paradise setup. So well thought out and I love the way they incorporate strip grazing. I could certainly do something similar if I grow grass and it turns into a problem. I made a paddock paradise loop around a big field of too-rich grass I had two horses on in...

Thanks for the input--grass is certainly the cheapest and easiest thing to grow and the ponies will enjoy it. It's shocking how well stuff grows down here even under a tree canopy because we get a lot of sun and rain.

We have two tiny miniature shetlands that are in a wooded paddock about an acre in size. It was completely overgrown and impassable when we moved in so we had it brush hogged. There are tall pine trees and palmettos at the upper levels, but the ground covers growing back in are stuff like very...