In my last post, I talked some about feeding a mineral supplement as a form of “cheap” insurance against a mineral deficiency, and I’d...

(post by Jason) Late October is an easy time of year to get used to here in Middle Tennessee. In my opinion the weather can’t be improved...

In my opinion, a good farmer needs a junk pile and some old broken down equipment in exactly the same way that a politician needs an...

As most of you know, Melissa and I moved the last group of horses to the new farm a couple of weeks ago, a year less a day from when the...

This blog post was inspired by a recent post by Kate at A Year With Horses. Kate has a wonderful blog and is always very eloquent in...

(post by Jason) In a lot of ways we run a pretty unique horse boarding operation. Unlike most barns, we make much of our own hay and we...

(post by Jason) Melissa and I have been doing a bunch of thinking about what the next barn at the new farm needs to look like and be able...

(post by Jason) Actually, no, not so much. If there is one statement that we regularly run across in our business that is likely to set...

Not a lot to report around here except the thirteen year cicadas have arrived in full force. They are incredibly loud. Although they are...

I moved some horses into the pasture that was vacated by our George Faune showing off his trot and pointing his toes Faune, Winston,...

Jason was telling me a couple of weeks ago about a conversation that he had with our vet. The vet said that given that the majority of...

I did some on farm troubleshooting a little while ago for a lady who was having a lot of problems keeping weight on her horse despite...

Someone in the comments asked about managing pain in older horses or horses with long term issues. That is a really tough question to...

The first order of business in this post is an update on Miracle. If you missed my last post about Miracle you can read about 2. At one...

Myth: I always choose pelleted feed because it doesn’t have much or any molasses in it. Although it makes intuitive sense that sweet feed...

I don’t think anyone reading this blog needs to be told that every part of horsekeeping is expensive, but given the recent run on...

I recently ran across an old picture of my grandad and I taken in the late spring of 1987. I published the photo on my blog under another...

Our snow has come and gone. The little bit remaining that had not melted was taken care of by the rain we had yesterday and today. ...

I have no doubt that school kids all over middle Tennessee are celebrating right now. It is snowing which means schools are closed. In...

The pastures have been very colorful the last few days as more often than not the horses have had their clothes on this week. To say I...