I’m sure it comes as no surprise that we tend to keep a lot of horse treats on hand. We’re not usually brand or flavor specific, just...

It was almost dark as I finished up evening feeding yesterday. I was walking up the alley towards the shed where I keep feed and some...

I was thinking today that there is rarely a dull day on the farm. Living with a farm full of large, accident prone creatures there is...

As we prepare to move our first group of horses to the new farm I’ve been making a supply list. We’ll have a period of time where horses...

Today was one of the horse’s favorite days (not) – worming day. We have to do this a few days each year and I finally woke up and...

For the love of all things holy, don’t tell Melissa, but I have a confession to make. After having spent the first thirty years of my...

One of my favourite odors is the cool, complex wine-like smell of freshly worked earth in the spring time, just before lilac time, which...

Things have been pretty routine around the farm for the last few days with a couple of exceptions, and they both happened on the same...

As we begin to build out our new property, one of the things much on my mind of late has been used tractors. I have a whole host of...

As you can see from the picture below, Melissa won out and our run-in sheds will have cupolas on them. I thought the horse weather vane...

We’ve been busy around the farm the past few days. We always like to purchase a year’s supply of hay while the hay is actually being...

Having driven around middle Tennessee the past few days for various work assignments that involved significant local travel, I think it...

Jason and I just sat down and calculated a few fun facts: -We are currently feeding 1,209 pounds of hay per day (geesh, no wonder no one...

We found ourselves in a flurry of activity on Thursday and Friday preparing for the winter storm that was headed our way. We prepare for...

In other posts I’ve touched on some of the common questions and concerns people have when it comes to retiring their horse. Many owners...

It has been quiet around the farm this week. We never complain about that. About the only thing of interest going on is we are having to...

It goes without saying that this has not been a good week. We all miss Trillion a lot, and the days feel wrong from the start without...

Things have been fairly quiet on the farm this week. The rain cleared out late Tuesday evening after dumping about two inches of rain on...

I’ve mentioned before that we are often contacted by individuals who want to start a retirement farm. In fact we are contacted so often...

We had an interesting visitor a few days ago. The mares and Cuffie were acting very snorty and spooky during breakfast one morning....