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I Hate Farm Equipment
This post was written by Jason and on his own blog. It is so appropriate in regards to our daily lives on the farm that I felt we should...
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Aug 21, 20123 min read


Close Encounter
Sometimes when we are feeding the horses there is a stray horse or two missing from the line-up. Usually they quickly realize that they...
hoffywhf
Aug 19, 20124 min read


Moving On
Post by Jason As some of you know, I lost my father a long time ago. The memories of everything surrounding his death are seared into my...
hoffywhf
Aug 16, 20122 min read


Life Changes
I’ve considered off and on posting about life in general lately. For any number of reasons I’ve kept this blog mostly farm related but...
hoffywhf
Aug 5, 20125 min read


Same Discussion, Different Day
After my day of wildlife encounters a couple of days ago Jason and I wound up re-hashing the same discussion we’ve had several times. It...
hoffywhf
Jul 26, 20122 min read


Here and There
(post by Jason) They say that when you write or speak everything you say is biased based on your own previous assumptions and...
hoffywhf
Jul 22, 20123 min read


Drought Impacts
(Post by Jason) I’ve got one more post in me dealing with drought and then I promise we’ll move forward onto other topics of interest....
hoffywhf
Jul 19, 20123 min read


Rainy Days
We are finally getting a bit of cooperation from Mother Nature. We, along with many of our friends and neighbors, had been doing all we...
hoffywhf
Jul 12, 20122 min read


Annual Review
I saw this topic being discussed on another horse forum and I thought it was funny. How would your horse rate you at your annual review?...
hoffywhf
Jul 10, 20124 min read


Rain
The most exciting thing that happened this weekend was the rain that finally found its way to our farm. At least the dust will settle...
hoffywhf
Jul 8, 20121 min read


We Survived Another One
I don’t even need to explain the title of this post to the horse people, but for the non horse people it means we all survived another...
hoffywhf
Jul 5, 20122 min read


Making the Decision to Retire
All of the horses that reside with us at our farm are here to enjoy being retired, and a select few are here to enjoy being a horse for a...
hoffywhf
Jul 3, 20124 min read


Goats At Play
Nothing is more fun than spending time each evening with the World’s Cutest Fainting Goats. Jason has been rebuilding the floor on one...
hoffywhf
Jul 1, 20121 min read


Hot and Dry
There isn’t a lot to say about our weather except hot and dry. I don’t mind the hot but the dry part is getting old fast. We are...
hoffywhf
Jun 28, 20122 min read


Hay Hoarders
We’ve had a busy week here with multiple visits from farriers and vets, thankfully all for routine appointments and nothing out of the...
hoffywhf
Jun 14, 20122 min read


The Answer Is; Double Duty
In my last post I mentioned that I finally picked up a calculator to determine the average age of a resident on our farm. Our youngest...
hoffywhf
Jun 12, 20122 min read


Herd Dynamics – The New Horse
I wrote a post a few weeks ago about herd dynamics during introductions. In that post I described the typical personality types we see...
hoffywhf
May 27, 20125 min read


Another Installment of the Pony Wars
I have written many posts about the Pony Wars on the farm. For any that have missed the prior posts on the pony wars here are the...
hoffywhf
May 24, 20123 min read


Dental Day
Raise your hand if you eagerly anticipate going to the dentist. I don’t see any hands. The horses aren’t raising their hooves either. I...
hoffywhf
May 17, 20123 min read


Rain
(post by Jason) Spring around here is not normally a dry time of year. Most of the time, errant cold fronts and Gulf of Mexico low...
hoffywhf
May 13, 20122 min read
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