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Happy New Year!
It is hard to believe this is the last day of 2009. Overall it has been a great year and I would not complain if 2010 continued on in...
hoffywhf
Dec 31, 20092 min read
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Pretty Quiet + Feed Change
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...
hoffywhf
Dec 29, 20092 min read
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Monday Pictures, Holiday Report
I am sorry it has been several days since the last blog update. As you can imagine we have been extra busy (in a good way!) the last few...
hoffywhf
Dec 27, 20092 min read
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Untitled
Somehow we missed all of the exciting weather over the weekend. No snow for us, just rain. It did not even rain that much so I can’t...
hoffywhf
Dec 20, 20092 min read
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Moving Forward
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...
hoffywhf
Dec 17, 20093 min read
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In Memory of Trillion
Monday was a very hard day, not at all the day I had planned out in my mind. It started out in the same manner that it has for the last...
hoffywhf
Dec 15, 20093 min read
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Friday Pictures and Not Much to Report
For the most part it has been a very pleasant week around the farm. I say for the most part as I have had to deal with blankets this...
hoffywhf
Dec 3, 20092 min read
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Blanket Time and Help Me Shop
As much as I wish it were not, winter is finally coming to middle Tennessee. We dipped below freezing for the first time this year over...
hoffywhf
Dec 1, 20093 min read
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Facebook and a Close Call
Jason has started a Facebook page for the farm. If you type in Paradigm Farms in the search box on Facebook you will find the page, and...
hoffywhf
Nov 29, 20094 min read
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Thanksgiving Day Pictures
You get used to not having holidays (or really any day) off when you run a farm. My Thanksgiving present to Jason was I handled all of...
hoffywhf
Nov 26, 20092 min read
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In Loving Memory of Bridget
I had to say goodbye to my wonderful mare Bridget. It actually happened about a week ago, but I have not been able to talk, or type,...
hoffywhf
Nov 22, 20096 min read
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Where Does the Time Go?
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...
hoffywhf
Nov 17, 20095 min read
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Happy Birthday Bear and the Big Boys Play
We had more gorgeous weather this weekend, with our streak of 70’s and sunshine continuing. We are getting really spoiled with the...
hoffywhf
Nov 15, 20092 min read
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Fall Colors
I managed to find a few pictures of the fall colors to post for this blog. Middle Tennessee is not known for our spectacular fall...
hoffywhf
Nov 1, 20092 min read
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New Resources and The Search Continues
Jason and I had an interesting weekend. Tennessee Equine Hospital is the veterinary clinic that we work with at Paradigm Farms, and we...
hoffywhf
Oct 27, 20094 min read
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You Know You Love Your Farm When . . .
Yesterday was a GREAT day! Not only was the weather spectacular again but three huge trucks full of gravel came rolling up to the farm....
hoffywhf
Oct 22, 20092 min read
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Blankets and More Blankets
We certainly had a busy weekend around the retirement farm. One of the more fun parts was welcoming our most recent new arrivals. Our I...
hoffywhf
Oct 11, 20092 min read
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Dealing With Death And Euthanasia
Another post written mainly by Jason with some input from Melissa: Someone asked another good question in the comments a couple of posts...
hoffywhf
Oct 8, 20097 min read
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Meet Thomas
I would like to introduce you to Thomas, our newest resident on our farm. We have one more on the way and I then I cannot squeeze in...
hoffywhf
Oct 6, 20092 min read
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Jo and I Survive an Attack
The weekend was mostly uneventful. I was certainly busy enough with fairly mundane tasks like refilling salt holders and updating feed...
hoffywhf
Oct 4, 20093 min read
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