Aaah, a freshly mowed lawn. What could be better than that? I’ll tell you what. 3 freshly mowed pastures. That’s what’s been happening here. In the last 2 days we’ve had the treeless part of our property shaved. That includes all three pastures and also the acres around the house. I can’t tell you how satisfying it is to look out the window now, instead of seeing the ground full of yellow weeds and useless...
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We knew this day would come any day now, so we were extra aware for signs of Selena giving birth. She was showing symptoms of labor yesterday, and we were absolutely sure it would arrive yesterday or today. And he did! Everyone, welcome Stumbles to the world! I know that silly names are chosen for our foals, but they just match the horse. Stumbles was born at around 1:00 A.M. He was still partly in his sac when we found him, and this time, even...
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Well, Season 2 of the Foal Course has passed quickly. Yesterday and today were the last sessions of this class. This time the season wasn’t as long because there were less people and because there’s only so much you can teach a foal. Soon we are starting the horse fellowship program. It’s going to have everything to do with horses and riding and other fun stuff. So anyway, today we did more of the basic things. First, all the...
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Our arena has lots of dirt, weeds, and grass. But no sand. Until now. Just this morning our sand pile had been delivered. It’s a pretty big sand pile, and it was all dumped in the corner of the arena. My, it was fun today. As on every Monday and Tuesday, the Foal Care Course is on. So first it was the glorious hay bales, now the magnificent sand pile. All the children of the course went home with sand in their pants, this afternoon. Since...
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About a month ago, maybe more or less, we got a huge load of hay for our many horses. About 350 bales of it! Some of it was moldy, but the rest was pretty good. Since all that is now in our manure pile, we needed more hay. Today, we received another 100 bales. We got these from a different seller, and we knew the hay was very good because we had previously bought 50 bales. It was more expensive, but definitely worth it! This hay was better than...
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