In and settled

The horses are in and are settled. They've gone through the first field fairly quickly with the grazing. They did that last year too. Now that they seem to have maxed out on the feed fest of long green grass, I've moved them to the second field for the summer. I've got 4 fields before I have to rotate them through again. As I learned last year, about mid-August, the grass stops growing rapidly and they can do a fair bit of rip and strip on spots. I'll be putting the feed on the grass this weekend after mowing it level. This should help keep the goldenrod plants trimmed back and allow some of the grass to shoot up through before they go back on it in a 6 weeks.


There is a shortage of cedar stakes for fencing this year. Apparently they are about a month and a half behind. That's one I didn't see coming at me! Now I have to rethink the layout of the fields. I'm certainly not going to purchase 4x4 posts... it just isn't in the budget this year.

Our newly adopted dog loves to dart around the horses and since he is a puppy mill rescue dog he can't go off the lead. This means I can't let him go in with the horses like he should be able to. Oh well. He can just go nose-to-nose with them... except when they're eating their feed.. that's not a good time to try sticking your face in their's. lol.


Without a lot of fanfair, we are getting ready to enjoy the warmth of summer here. Until now, it has been utterly cold each night and I'd love to put the bed comforter away but I'm not doing that until I've had two warm nights in a row!

Wyatt's odd hoof needs to be trimmed I see so I'll have the ferrier out soon to do both him and Jane. The Cross tie station I set up should do the trick and perhaps I won't have to be there this time.