THE summer was slow to come in here in Fermanagh and I had to feed hay to the horses in their initial turn out. The round bale went out on a bare patch in the corner of the paddock. The subsequent area left after the horses had eaten down their bale was what looked to me just a mess of tramped hay and droppings. However, the experts at Equiculture have convinced me of the positives of this ‘mulching’ of the bare patch of paddock – unbeknown to me I’d done something positive for the soil!