As we prepare to move our first group of horses to the new farm I’ve been making a supply list. We’ll have a period of time where horses...

My horse Hoffy came home last week. It is hard to believe he had been on loan as a “husband horse” for 2.5 years with our friends at...

Today was one of the horse’s favorite days (not) – worming day. We have to do this a few days each year and I finally woke up and...

We’ve been busy with our farm building projects at the new farm lately. Jason managed to dig the trenches, lay the pipes, get everything...

For the love of all things holy, don’t tell Melissa, but I have a confession to make. After having spent the first thirty years of my...

There is so much to love about the stories of Justin and Boo, not the least of which is that their owner, a very remarkable young lady,...

Over the past few weeks, a lot of folks have asked us about when and how we planned to transition to our new farm. Since we bought the...

We had some steady rain off and on yesterday afternoon and evening. There is an area at the corner of my arena that is a low spot and...

Today, after fifteen years of practice with two women, I think I’ve mostly figured out how to keep a harmonious marriage. In fact, the...

Yes, Fuzzy Punch has one of the cutest names ever! It suits him well and you sure can come up with a lot of nicknames. So far he is...

We have been busy, busy, busy the last couple of weeks. The earthwork was done for the barn at our new property last week and the poles...

As we start preparing our new farm, where we will have some more room, we are welcoming a few horses off our waiting list. Dutch is one...

We drove out to our new farm today as it was the official first day of work on the barn. Jason and I should have each had ceremonial...

One of my favourite odors is the cool, complex wine-like smell of freshly worked earth in the spring time, just before lilac time, which...

Cinnamon’s mom sent me some pictures of them competing together. Cinnamon joined us in retirement last fall but I had not ever seen any...

I just got done reading a series of books by Roger Welsch which were recommended to me by one of our regular blog readers. The series was...

Things have been pretty routine around the farm for the last few days with a couple of exceptions, and they both happened on the same...

It’s shortly after 6 am on Thursday morning as Melissa and I open the door into the day’s first light on what promises to be a bright,...

As we mentioned Random Musings of a Farmer. There is a link to it in my blog roll to the right. ****************************************...

We welcomed back a familiar face recently. Grand, a thoroughbred jumper, rejoined us after some time away. Grand lived with us for some...