First Hay Cutting, Runners
As Jason mentioned in his post The Big Gamble last week we started on the first cutting of hay. We had a couple of near misses with rain...
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hoffywhf
May 1, 20123 min read
The Big Gamble
(post by Jason) There is much truth to the statement that first cut hay is a challenge to make no matter where in the world you’re trying...
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hoffywhf
Apr 26, 20125 min read
The Horse, Explained
I did not write this post, I stumbled upon it on the world wide web. There was much in this post I could relate to. When I was a kid I...
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hoffywhf
Apr 22, 201212 min read
Faune
It would be an understatement to characterize this post as past due since Faune retired with us in 2007. Faune is probably one of our...
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hoffywhf
Apr 12, 20121 min read
Runners
Apparently we struck a funny bone with several people with our For everyone who got such a laugh at the mental image of the runners, and...
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hoffywhf
Apr 8, 20121 min read
Reverse
Jason mentioned in a post last week that Murphy and Johnny Lotus, George and Fonzi Lotus and Fonzi Faune and Winston foggy early morning...
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hoffywhf
Apr 3, 20122 min read
Fast Forward
(post by Jason) There is an old saying that you need to wait till the oak leaves are as big as a mouse’s ear before you plant your corn...
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hoffywhf
Mar 29, 20121 min read
“We Thought About You”
Jason and I were pulling in the driveway one afternoon returning from running some errands. There was a truck from the water company...
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hoffywhf
Mar 27, 20123 min read
Body Clipping, Leaping Goats
I did my first bodyclip of the year today. Normally I would wait and clip in a few more weeks. However we’ve been in the low 80’s...
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hoffywhf
Mar 18, 20124 min read
Site Selection – Things we thought about
(post by Jason) We still answer a lot of questions about our new farm even though it doesn’t feel all that new to us at this point. We’ve...
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hoffywhf
Mar 15, 20122 min read
Pleasant Surprise
Jason and I had a pleasant surprise today. We put our very old, but new to us, manure spreader to work. We killed our prior manure...
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hoffywhf
Mar 13, 20122 min read
Spring Work
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post titled “Happy Jason.” I could use that same title again for this post. Jason happily spent a couple...
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hoffywhf
Mar 11, 20127 min read
Miracle One Year Later
I can hardly believe that it will have been one year ago this week that we brought Miracle home. We made the trip to Sunkissed Acres in...
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hoffywhf
Mar 8, 20122 min read
Sometimes You Just Know
(post by Jason) I was talking with someone earlier this week about working with veterinarians and diagnosing various problems in horses...
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hoffywhf
Mar 6, 20123 min read
Infomercials for Horses
A couple of weeks ago I received my latest mailer from SmartPak. Not their catalog, but a mailer where it looks like a magazine and was...
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hoffywhf
Mar 1, 20121 min read
Happy Jason
We had another beautiful day today. After the rain we had on Wednesday the ground and soil conditions were perfect for spreading and...
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hoffywhf
Feb 28, 20122 min read
Worst Job Ever Revisited
Jason and I have been busy worker bees the lately. The weather has been so nice it has certainly made for pleasant working conditions,...
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hoffywhf
Feb 26, 20123 min read
Bedtime Reading
I get so many horse catalogs and mailers it is hard to keep up with them. We order a lot of supplies for the farm so it is no wonder...
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hoffywhf
Feb 21, 20122 min read
Shedding Has Begun
(post by Jason) I have mentioned in previous posts that I am something of an amateur phenologist but there are other ways that we know...
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hoffywhf
Feb 16, 20123 min read
I Own Too Many
There are so many ways I could fill in this sentence, especially as it relates to horses. I’m sure Jason is reading this and thinking...
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