Over the past week Jason and I have partaken in what feels like all of the farm tasks. In reality we’ve done nowhere close to all of the...

I mentioned in one of my last blogs that we’d had a lot of rain in February. I don’t remember the final February tally but it was a crazy...

In case you missed it, I wrote about our saga with local fence builder Maury Fence Company back in August. Maury Fence Company thankfully...

Jason and I purchased this farm and began the process of building it out in early 2010.  Long time readers of our blog will recall that...

(post by Jason) It’s a good job that everybody around here has something that they’re especially good at. Of course I think we’re all...

Last week we spent a day, or more accurately mostly Jason spent a day, moving one of the cross fences between pastures. We have very few...

The annual Paradigm Farms Body Clipping Marathon began this week. The first four horses of the marathon were clipped on Thursday and...

This week has felt like groundhog day since I’ve done the same thing over and over again. I put halters on, I take halters off, and...

Sometimes running a farm, or maybe I should say attempting to run life, feels like an exercise in practicing one step forward, two steps...

(Post by Jason) One of the benefits of being a farmers wife is that Melissa gets to listen to me expound on issues like nutrient...

Welcome to Part III of the Cushings/PPID primer. In this part we’ll discuss what you can do after your horse has been diagnosed with...

We all hear certain things that, for whatever reason, really push our buttons. A comment I hear from time to time is something along the...

We frequently get asked about what we do for fly control. We try to take a multi-faceted approach and do things that actually work versus...

The last couple of weeks have involved an almost non-stop stream of farriers, dentists and vets spending large chunks of time at the...

(post written by Jason) A couple of our blog comments on my last post asked questions about the management of feeding hay, with...

I read an article by veterinarian Dr. David Ramey a few days ago that I found very interesting. His bottom line in the article was that...

I want you to imagine with me our “average” client. She/he lives in an urban area and they board their horses at very well managed...

(post by Jason) As most of you know I have been doing some equine nutritional consulting the past few months. Most of the time when I am...

Before I get to the punch line of this story I need to set the stage a little bit. You will recall that we have had, especially by...

I actually managed to get off the farm for a little while this afternoon to have lunch with my mother and also get a (desperately needed)...