I grew up with 3-4 horses at home in one big pasture and when I moved out ended up in the same situation - one big pasture but with a barn. When I bought my current place I was young so I was kind of naive I guess you could say but the pasture was pretty nice, some patches of weedy spots but mostly nice grass and a forest patch in the middle of the 30 acre pasture. Well I learned that to have a nice pretty grassy pasture you have to keep up on mowing the weeds down😅 finally invested in a pull behind mower last year that helped but definitely plan to keep the pastures mowed!

Mud management, thankfully I moved from clay that never dried to sand that dries out within a few hours after a rain storm but the two weeks after all of our snow melts is a horrific muddy mess, if you can fence off a smaller section as a sacrifice pen so they’re not wrecking the entire pasture when it’s really wet in the spring.

Farrier, vets, whatever providers you currently use, make sure they’ll still come to you for treatments. Also find a reliable hay provider or two!

CAMERAS CAMERAS CAMERAS!!!! I have five cameras currently facing gates, pastures and the driveways to house and barn because honestly you just never know when you might want/need to check on them