Snowy trails
Last night, we got another 5″ or so of fresh snow dumped on the farm. After clearing the driveway (again), clearing paths to/from the barn (again), breaking ice (again), and finishing morning chores, we came in for coffee. We were…
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A Christmas Eve Trail Ride
Instead of a stressful afternoon of cooking and worrying about special dishes, we decided to saddle up the herd and go for a trail ride. It was a nice 35F outside and the weather was clear. Our neighbor was nice…
Riding in the snow
As is the tradition, the girls had to do some bareback riding in the snow. Vicki loves to ride bareback in the winter because it keeps her warmer. Vicki decided to try out Dakota, Alex’s new pony, while Amanda rode…
Introducing Dakota
On Friday, we took a trip to check out a couple of ponies. We have been looking for a new pony for Alex to replace Precious. We decided to bring home Dakota on a 2 week trial. He is a…
Horse crazy girls
It’s not too hard to convince the girls to ride. Tonight Vicki decided to try out Calli while Amanda rides Huey. Don’t all 7 year old girls ride 16.2hh 6 year old Thoroughbreds? Of course, neither girl can give enough…
Long ride of the year
I took a few days off work this week to get some projects done around the farm and have some relaxing time too. Since all the kids were at school/preschool on Tuesday, Anna and I planned a nice long trail…
Morning chores
Alex and Vicki working together to milk Maggie while Poco eats on the second stand. Amanda cleaning paddocks. Feeding some hay. Rubbing Huey’s nose. Feeding pigs.
Amanda hits the trails!
When Amanda was 18 months old, she went on her first trail ride in a buddy saddle on King. Since then, she has logged many hours in the buddy saddle. Earlier this summer, Huey, a 12yo, 11hh Dartmoor pony joined…
Training Calli – Breakthrough!
Calli and I have been having a tough time lately. I have been busy working on projects and just wasn’t making progress (read – wasn’t riding). I finally broke down and hired a friend to do some training with her. …
Countryside Organics feed
Imagine you walk out to feed your chickens and spill some of the chicken feed on the ground in an area where the chickens can’t get to it. If you came back a few weeks later, what would you expect…