Highways Agencies, Councils, Contractors, Managers of SSSI sites, English Nature and The National Trust may phone our Sales Hotline direct. See horsehackers feature on Ragwort Use pesticides safely. Always read the label carefully. Although these are good pasture grasses they will not necessarily make good hay. So bear this in mind when you re-seed your paddocks.
Herbs are also good for horses and occur naturally in the wild.
Good pasture should include dandelion, garlic, sheep's parsley and chicory. To many dandelions or docks will indicate that the pasture has been overgrazed at some time, and these opportunists have filled the void left by the grass. Buttercups can also be a problem. If the field is choked with weeds it will need to be ploughed up and re-seeded. However this is quite a drastic measure but with care and hard work pasture can be turned round to become reasonable grazing.