Incredible Journey
Jason made a quick trip to the small gas station/convenience store that is about a mile from our farm to get diesel this afternoon. As...
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hoffywhf
Dec 16, 20122 min read
Progress
We had several acres of land cleared in October as the first step in building out our final pasture. My dad’s little herd of pet cows...
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hoffywhf
Dec 13, 20122 min read
A Benign Thursday
(post by Jason) I think the best thing about today, other than maybe the clear blue skies and cool but fantastic weather, was that...
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hoffywhf
Dec 4, 20122 min read
A Showery Tuesday
(post by Jason) After a very dry November it seems December has started off unseasonably warm and today it’s warm and showery. As we move...
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hoffywhf
Nov 29, 20122 min read
Adding Stalls
(Post written by Jason) We have a group of horses that come in every day to get a hay cube mash, some year round and some seasonally....
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hoffywhf
Nov 18, 20123 min read
Things I Am Thankful For, Part II
In an effort to get myself into the spirit of Thanksgiving, and I will admit my feelings of thankfulness have been lacking some lately,...
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hoffywhf
Nov 13, 20122 min read
The Bellwether Hay Bales
(post by Jason) Every year in late October or early November depending on the pasture situation I put the first couple of large hay bales...
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hoffywhf
Nov 11, 20123 min read
Things I Am Thankful For, Part I
‘Tis the season to remember all of the things that we are thankful for. I will admit with the way my life has gone the last few months I...
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hoffywhf
Nov 1, 20122 min read
Gravel and More Gravel
Remember that post from a week ago about if money were no object? Jason originally answered my question about the one thing he would...
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hoffywhf
Oct 30, 20122 min read
Last D-Day
(post by Jason) Tomorrow is our last D-Day (dental day) of 2012 and I say that with a toothsome grin because what we’re hoping to do…and...
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hoffywhf
Oct 23, 20122 min read
If Money Were No Object
I spent a couple of hours today working towards getting all of the blankets organized for the season. Notice I said “working towards”...
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hoffywhf
Oct 18, 20123 min read
More Construction
After the experience of building our farm literally from the ground up I’ve been able to sum up my feelings about building things and...
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hoffywhf
Oct 16, 20122 min read
Runaway Tractor
Jason has enjoyed being back to work the last week and a half. Yesterday he was on the tractor working away at turning and spreading...
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hoffywhf
Sep 20, 20122 min read
Change In The Air
I’ve noticed in the last few days the horses are starting to shift gears. We’ve spent the last few months in summer mode. The horses...
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hoffywhf
Sep 11, 20123 min read
Thoughts on Horse Safe(r) Fencing
(post by Jason) Most of you know that we board a lot of horses and we had the chance to build out a farm completely from scratch. The...
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hoffywhf
Sep 9, 20122 min read
I’ll Get It
It is amazing how many “people products” all of us horse people use on our horses. I’m sure we could all come up with an impressive list...
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hoffywhf
Sep 6, 20124 min read
Tipping Point
I saw a quote a couple of days ago that seemed quite appropriate for my life lately. “Life has many ways of testing a person’s will,...
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hoffywhf
Sep 4, 20122 min read
What do you know about tires ?
(post by Jason) I commented earlier today that it seems like I spend half my life and all our money fixing or replacing tires. Does it...
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hoffywhf
Aug 30, 20122 min read
Scorekeeping
One thing the horses all do is hang out in the woods. With one exception all of the pastures have a large wooded area (one pasture has...
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hoffywhf
Aug 28, 20123 min read
Cost Effective Grain Feeding
(Post by Jason) As I have indicated in past posts it is no surprise that grain prices have been trending sharply higher in recent weeks....
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