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hoffywhf
Oct 19, 20103 min read
Warm Season vs. Cool Season Grasses
Our blog posters and customers are wonderful folks, and recently one of these wonderful folks asked me a question about the difference...
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hoffywhf
Oct 17, 20102 min read
Darby
Darby is a bay thoroughbred gelding who joined us from Ohio for retirement. Like most thoroughbreds Darby started his career at the race...
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hoffywhf
Oct 14, 20104 min read
Farm Stories
I was reading Funder’s blog this evening and as always got a laugh out of her posts. She mentioned about the crazy things you can find...
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hoffywhf
Oct 12, 20102 min read
Interesting Sights
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...
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hoffywhf
Oct 10, 20102 min read
The Retired Life
The horses here lead a really charmed life. As I was uploading the pictures and video for this post I realized that today’s collection...
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hoffywhf
Oct 7, 20101 min read
Pictures
some of the big boys grazing; it looks like Tony, Homer, Chance, Hemi, Ivan and Apollo Not that you can really see them but this is Baby...
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hoffywhf
Oct 6, 20103 min read
Romeo
Romeo is a handsome bay Dutch Warmblood gelding who joined us from Connecticut for retirement. Romeo is owned and dearly loved by a...
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hoffywhf
Oct 4, 20101 min read
Wedding Day
It was definitely not an ordinary day around the farm today. Our friends Erica and Chris from Minnesota were married at the farm today....
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hoffywhf
Oct 3, 20101 min read
Busy Weekend
We’ve had a lot of activity around the farm this weekend, even more than usual. Please enjoy the pictures and I’ll find the time to type...
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hoffywhf
Sep 29, 20101 min read
Pictures
I don’t have time to write much of a post tonight. My house is still in desperate need of cleaning despite my repeated wishes that I walk...
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hoffywhf
Sep 27, 20103 min read
Maisie
Maisie is a gorgeous bay mare who made the trip from northern Illinois to join us for retirement. Maisie is owned by the wonderful family...
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hoffywhf
Sep 26, 20101 min read
Busy Weekend
We certainly had a busy last few days to say the least. Friday was a farrier day so lots of horses coming in and out of the barn. Then...
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hoffywhf
Sep 23, 20102 min read
It Takes a Village
Actually, it takes a community, or so it seems at our new farm ! As many of you know, Melissa and I have been splitting our days up of...
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hoffywhf
Sep 21, 20103 min read
Wiz
Wisdom Seeker, more affectionately known as Wiz, is a gorgeous grey thoroughbred gelding. Wiz has led a very interesting life with...
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hoffywhf
Sep 19, 20101 min read
Monday Pictures
Tonight will be a quick post as I need to do some exciting things like clean my house (where is that cleaning fairy that never seems to...
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hoffywhf
Sep 16, 20102 min read
Deer, Squirrels, Cribbing Collars, Construction Progress
I think I mentioned that the horse dentist has been out a couple of times recently. It was Ogie’s turn to be done last week and I...
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hoffywhf
Sep 13, 20101 min read
Back to Routine
Things have been much calmer after the big move. The Big Boys have been amazingly calm about everything. They certainly don’t act like...
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hoffywhf
Sep 12, 20103 min read
Moving Day
This weekend was an exciting and very busy weekend for us. We moved the first group of horses to the new farm. The Big Boys made the...
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hoffywhf
Sep 9, 20102 min read
Dentist, Water Troughs & Stuff
We’ve certainly been busy around the farm lately. But I guess we are always busy! We’ve had a couple of visits from our wonderful...
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hoffywhf
Sep 7, 20102 min read
Murphy
Murphy is a 17 hand chestnut thoroughbred who moved to our farm from Louisiana. Murphy and his mom competed through the Intermediate...
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