Clipping Begins
Cino had the honors of kicking off my annual body clipping marathon yesterday. Since I’ve never clipped him before I didn’t know what to...
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hoffywhf
Apr 14, 20162 min read
Vaccination Day, Part 1
Yesterday was Vaccination Day, Part 1. We vaccinated all of the horses on the front half of the farm. We decided to make sure the day got...
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hoffywhf
Apr 7, 20162 min read
Marathon
Was it really just a month ago that Jason and I were only working 10 hour days and talking about how quiet things were? That conversation...
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hoffywhf
Mar 29, 20162 min read
More Shopping for Oscar
Oscar, our feral stray, is generally very good at making his preferences known. We learned he didn’t like dry cat food when he would slap...
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hoffywhf
Mar 22, 20163 min read
Dental Day
After enjoying a break of a few short months from the dentist we officially kicked off our 2016 dental days. Last year we started doing...
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hoffywhf
Mar 17, 20162 min read
Pasture Prep
Jason has been putting in a lot of quality time on the tractors over the last couple of weeks. As I mentioned in my last post he’s been...
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hoffywhf
Mar 15, 20161 min read
Springing Forward
Apparently Mother Nature got the memo that the spring time change was upon us and it was time to feel like spring. Over the past week...
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hoffywhf
Mar 10, 20162 min read
More of Life with Timbit
We’ve shared before what life is like with Timbit. Even though he is technically a miniature horse and not a pony he lives up to every...
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hoffywhf
Mar 8, 20162 min read
Breaking Things
We’ve spent a lot of time destroying fences over the last couple of days. Some of the fence we meant to take out, some of it we did not....
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hoffywhf
Mar 1, 20162 min read
Triplicate
We’ve been taking advantage of the wonderful weather the last few days to get things done. Jason has been re-seeding some of the pastures...
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hoffywhf
Feb 25, 20161 min read
On and Off
The rain that I bemoaned in our last post came and went. The front dumped another two inches of rain on us Tuesday night while...
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hoffywhf
Feb 11, 20164 min read
Taking a Hay Sample (Part 1)
(post by Jason) Today’s blog is something a bit different than the serving we usually dish up. I want to talk a little bit about the...
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hoffywhf
Feb 9, 20162 min read
No Snowman . . . . Again
Carter was pretty excited this morning when we he got up and saw the snow coming down. He was convinced that today would be the day to...
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hoffywhf
Feb 4, 20163 min read
The Circus Continues
I have discussed before that I have those moments when I realize this is my circus and these are my monkeys. The monkeys have been very...
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hoffywhf
Feb 2, 20162 min read
The Joys of Country Living
(post by Jason) Since many horse people live in urban or suburban areas one of the first things visitors say when they get out of their...
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hoffywhf
Jan 19, 20162 min read
Prepared
Tomorrow is our first chance at winter precipitation this season. It isn’t a sure thing that we will get any winter precipitation, only a...
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hoffywhf
Jan 12, 20162 min read
Beating the Odds
In my last post of 2015 I mentioned that we see our vets a lot. If there is one things we can’t seem to get enough of at Paradigm Farms...
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hoffywhf
Jan 7, 20163 min read
More Numbers, Grass and Pasture Factoids
(post by Jason) Melissa ran some very interesting numbers in her last blog post. Since I’m a science geek, a weather nerd AND a farmer I...
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hoffywhf
Jan 5, 20162 min read
By the Numbers
As a new year begins and an old one ends I always find myself reflecting on the past year. If I look at 2015 in numbers here are a few of...
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hoffywhf
Dec 29, 20152 min read
Can’t Get Enough
Since we don’t get to see veterinarians often enough thanks to the horses (that was typed with heavy sarcasm), our cat Joy decided to get...
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