October 20, 2014
Farm Activities, Farm Horses donkey, helpful, horse Leave a comment
It is amazing to see how the horses interact with us when we are working in their pasture. It is testament to how happy the horses are here. On this day Chex and Warlock help us put a wheel on their gate.
Then just today I was bringing Cuervo in for this skin treatment (rain rot) and Bilbo decided to help me lead him in.
And here is is Warlock helping with mucking.
October 18, 2014
Farm Activities farm, paddock paradise, track, volunteers Leave a comment
It seems so long ago and I been completely delinquent, but here it is the post about posts. It was a lovely mid October day for farm work, we had help from our farm family, boarders and friends. We put in a little less than 100 posts. This completed the track system around the back pasture.
Following the full day of work we were graced with a beautiful sunset.
Then we all went to the house to have dinner, a few drinks and a bon fire.
Thanks again to everyone who came out and helped!
September 29, 2014
Farm Activities fence, paddock paradise, party, pasture, post, track, volunteer Leave a comment
For more information and to let us know you can help out please click here to go to the Facebook event page.
So after acquiring 100 fence posts at $1 each we are ready for part 2 of the paddock paradise track system. See the last plog post about part 1 here. This time we will be creating a track system for the horses to walk around the outside of the back pasture. See diagram below.
Diagram Key
The horses will then have permanent access a 10 – 12 feet across track around the back pasture. The whole track system at that point will be a 1/3 of a mile the horses can walk on and check out every day.
September 15, 2014
Farm Activities, Farm Animals, Farm Horses, Horseback riding donkey, Fall, farm, goat, hay, hay loft, horseback riding, pony rides, Sunday funday Leave a comment
On Sunday we had a visit from my college roommate and long time friend and her family. It was the first time meeting her 2 girls and we had a blast! We did everything we could on the farm in a few hours time: Met the horses, climbed on the hay, met the goats and donkeys, gave the donkey’s carrots, brought the donkeys back to the barn from the goat’s pasture, tacked up Heather for a pony ride, rode Heather around the riding ring, gave the horses and donkeys treats, gave the goats stale crackers, played hide and seek and scavenger hunt in the house, had tuna fish sandwiches for lunch, colored in the coloring book, went on an ATV ride and collected rocks. Phew busy day but we had so much fun and the girls loved every minute of it.
September 12, 2014
Farm Activities grass, horse farm, nature, pasture Leave a comment
Earlier this week I cut the back pastures. Really it is so boring going up and down. Keeping the wheel in the track of the last run. Piper came out to join me for a bit. Which was surprising as she hasn’t done that in as while. It is like she is taking over some of Shadow’s jobs. The sun-setting was beautiful and the finished product is even nicer. I guess it is an okay way to spend your evening.
September 4, 2014
Farm Activities, Farm Horses ACA, animal concentration area, horse, pasture, shade Leave a comment
It is interesting how the lay out of the whole farm is evolving. What was initially intended as the ACA (Animal Concentration Area) now has a grassy pasture in the middle of it and a paddock paradise like track around it. What was originally intended as shelter for the back pasture has been now included in the ACA. When we extended the riding ring to it’s original intended size the horses lost that part of their ACA which provided shade in the late afternoon and evening. We decided to extend the ACA on the opposite side to incorporate the shed (at the back of George and Heather’s stalls) and the 2 shade trees. The result is some very happy horses.
August 25, 2014
Farm Activities, Horseback riding, Uncategorized grit, horseback riding, horses, riding arena, screenings, shed row, truck Leave a comment
The farm has received 8 tri-axle loads of screenings over the past month.
The grit was used in 2 major projects. The first one was to provide footing in the shed row. The horses had been standing in mud for the first half of the summer. The grit provides now a solid foundation that the water can drain through.
Shed Row
The the most exciting project of all was completed in a day! 7 loads of grit was delivered to the unfinished half of the riding ring. Then the BF spread it that night. So in less that 24 hours we had a full riding arena!
Before
After
Special Thanks goes out to the BF who makes these things happen!
August 8, 2014
Farm Activities bond, horse Leave a comment
I enjoyed reading this so thought I would share.
http://royalgrovestables.blogspot.com/2012/04/how-to-bond-deeply-with-your-horse.html
August 8, 2014
Farm Activities, Farm Animals donkey, horse video Leave a comment
We put in a new grate at the front barn door to prevent water from running into the barn. (Thanks to my BF, the WE is actually HE.) Some of the horses didn’t care. Some of them were a little scared of this new plastic thing blocking their way, but after some convincing they went over it. The donkeys were funny though, there was no convincing them as you can see in this video.
Later that evening they did go over it, I wasn’t around to capture the moment but this is what Izzy’s mom said: “So last night they went over it, and it was the funniest thing ever. They stopped and snorted at it, but I was behind them, so they leapt over it like it was a 2′ jump. I’m so mad I didn’t get it!”
To continue the video trend of this post I thought I would share this touching horse blanket commercial.
July 16, 2014
Farm Activities, Farm Horses liberty Leave a comment
It is amazing what you can do with stillness in your heart and patience in your body.
Golden Spike Farm's Plog 
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