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DEEP HORSE HOOVES on lawn.

SO yesterday I turned up at one of my all day clients who were away - and low and behold there were two horses in the garden!!!

After seeking help to remove said horses to another field - I was left with lots of poo ( mostly removed )and serious hoofage all over the lawn ( they went all over,but the lawn is my main concern).

I suppose I should look on the bright side and say - well at least thats the aeration out the way ( believe me, after the rain, they had sunk to quite some depth).

I have vague idea of how to go about repairing. ( fork up the worst compaction,add top dressing,seeding,light rolling etc combinations of)

Has anyone come across this before? 

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  • not horses but cows but as you say fork, fill and seed put the s### on the compost heap

  • Exactly as David's post. Be sure to take photos of before and after!
  • PRO Supplier

    Funny that. My colleague's lawn was also ruined this weekend but by a herd of cows that escaped from a nearby field...
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    • PRO

      Wow - that's some serious aeration

    • daisy that look bad is the farmer going to sort it out          

  • PRO Supplier

    Well, sadly, as the lawn was quite wet I think compaction is more likely than aeration. All of the air will have been pushed out of the soil/mud by the weight of the animals.

  • I had the same with one of my customers last year, I forked up the worst, filled with fine top soil and top dressed and seeded the whole area so it would match in. The cattle also ended up in the pond ripping the liner! all the stone work had to come out including a bridge just to replace the liner. 

  • A healthy lawn will come back very quickly. Fill the holes with top soil mixed with a little sharp sand and let time and nature do the rest. Don't spend loads of time and money without the clients permission, history Tells me they won't be thank you appropriately. Take pictures before you repair so they can appreciate the damage. Seeding is good but remember there are many blends of seed so try to get it to repair itself if possible or a very light seeding so there's not too much difference. I've had this more than once by the way.
  • Yes, I have. We had a horse that was an escape specialist and regularly damaged the front lawns of our neighbours. Made us very popular! I used to go with a wheelbarrow full of nice topsoil, lifted up all the indented hoof marks, packed topsoil under it and patted back the piece of lawn. Within 2 weeks you could not see the original damage any more. It is very labour-intensive, but it works and good relations were established once again with our neighbours.

  • PRO

    I did take a lot of pictures and videos - it was tuning into something like a film noir crime scene with horticultural overtones. Have left as it is until further notice from client.

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