Yesterday was another sad day on the farm. We said our final goodbyes to Missy. We knew this day was coming and it was planned, not a...

We decided to dress up Jo, one of the World’s Cutest Fainting Goats, as Batman for Halloween. Unfortunately it just didn’t work out all...

One of the “joys” of working with your spouse every day are the misinterpretations that come because one spouse was communicating in a...

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...

We had a big temperature change this week. On Tuesday it was 85 degrees and sunny. On Wednesday the temperature reluctantly reached 50...

I’ve spent the last couple of days knee deep in blankets. I’ve finally finished re-waterproofing all of the ones that I think might need...

I will admit that I tend to have some crazy dreams sometimes. Often I can’t really remember exactly what I was dreaming about, just bits...

As Jason mentioned a few days ago we have had a lot of gravel trucks coming and going lately. I lost count after 20 or so loads. We...

When I left Corporate America to be a full time farmer, a goodly number of my associates reacted in one of two ways. One group thought I...

As most of you know we have almost unlimited uses for a chainsaw around the farm. I even have my own battery powered chainsaw – as Jason...

Melissa has taken a much needed break tonight and she’s off having a girl’s night out with some old friends. Normally, this would give me...

Unlike our The bolt was so hot it was smoking after Jason finished grinding it in half. Nice. Chimano, Fonzi, George and Gus, blissfully...

We had a big day yesterday here at Paradigm Farms ! We’ve been busy from early until very late this week and every day as we drove by...

Everyone knows that Jason and I do not have a good track record with rocks. Unless you have been living under a rock (it is a joke – get...

Today was one of those perfect days that made me think repeatedly about how lucky I am to work with horses each day. As the sun was...

Jason and I had a quick (very quick!!) getaway from the farm for a couple of days. It was my first day off since May 2010 and it was...

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...

Please enjoy some photos of happy, healthy horses. For some reason, both Melissa and I are feeling brain dead in terms of writing...