Fall Soil and Forage Tests
(post by Jason) Late October is an easy time of year to get used to here in Middle Tennessee. In my opinion the weather can’t be improved...
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hoffywhf
Oct 20, 20113 min read
Blanket Fail
We had a big temperature change this week. On Tuesday it was 85 degrees and sunny. On Wednesday the temperature reluctantly reached 50...
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hoffywhf
Oct 13, 20112 min read
Addicted to Gravel; Miracle Video
As Jason mentioned a few days ago we have had a lot of gravel trucks coming and going lately. I lost count after 20 or so loads. We...
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hoffywhf
Oct 11, 20113 min read
A Week in the Life
When I left Corporate America to be a full time farmer, a goodly number of my associates reacted in one of two ways. One group thought I...
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hoffywhf
Oct 9, 20111 min read
Earning a Visit
As most of you know we have almost unlimited uses for a chainsaw around the farm. I even have my own battery powered chainsaw – as Jason...
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hoffywhf
Oct 4, 20111 min read
Equipment Failures, Groundhog Day
Unlike our The bolt was so hot it was smoking after Jason finished grinding it in half. Nice. Chimano, Fonzi, George and Gus, blissfully...
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hoffywhf
Oct 2, 20112 min read
Miss Lyle Comes Home
We had a big day yesterday here at Paradigm Farms ! We’ve been busy from early until very late this week and every day as we drove by...
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hoffywhf
Sep 29, 20111 min read
More Fun With Rocks
Everyone knows that Jason and I do not have a good track record with rocks. Unless you have been living under a rock (it is a joke – get...
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hoffywhf
Sep 27, 20112 min read
Picture Perfect
Today was one of those perfect days that made me think repeatedly about how lucky I am to work with horses each day. As the sun was...
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hoffywhf
Sep 25, 20112 min read
Quick Trip
Jason and I had a quick (very quick!!) getaway from the farm for a couple of days. It was my first day off since May 2010 and it was...
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hoffywhf
Sep 20, 20113 min read
A New Mouth to Feed??
As most of you know, Melissa and I moved the last group of horses to the new farm a couple of weeks ago, a year less a day from when the...
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hoffywhf
Sep 18, 20111 min read
Sunday Night Photos
Please enjoy some photos of happy, healthy horses. For some reason, both Melissa and I are feeling brain dead in terms of writing...
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hoffywhf
Sep 7, 20112 min read
Visit from Lee
On Sunday through Tuesday we had a visit from tropical storm Lee. We were looking forward to it as the last few weeks had been very dry...
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hoffywhf
Sep 1, 20112 min read
Come Back Little Froggie, We’re Sorry!
Yesterday afternoon Jason was scrubbing water troughs while I was feeding horses. He kept swatting at a wasp while he was cleaning a...
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hoffywhf
Aug 30, 20111 min read
Worst Job Continues
I have much I could write (er, complain) about but I am too tired. The Hanging out with Sam after breakfast. Sam likes Jason Then he...
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hoffywhf
Aug 28, 20111 min read
Worst Job Ever
I think I have officially participated in the worst job ever on the farm. I used to think that One of the dozens and dozens of piles of...
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hoffywhf
Aug 25, 20113 min read
Another Moving Day
We had another moving day today. We were hoping it would be the last moving day but we will be having one more moving day in the near...
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hoffywhf
Aug 14, 20112 min read
Pony Wars . . . Continued
I wrote a blog post a couple of years ago Cinnamon and Norman One of my first predictions to Jason was that MyLight would take one look...
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hoffywhf
Aug 11, 20112 min read
Fair Time
(post by Jason) Our retirees have been enjoying some pretty nice August weather; sunny warm days followed by pleasantly cool evenings....
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hoffywhf
Aug 2, 20114 min read
Running Rehab
I used to be a runner. A few years ago I wrecked one of my knees, oddly enough in a bizarre accident that involved neither horses or...
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