Life on the Horse Farm

As sure as Spring comes around each year I get requests from students here at the farm that they are interested in some barn work.  Kids working on farms is as traditional and American as say baseball and apple pie.   For a time this year it looked like that traditional would be against the law. [...]

A sure “sign” of Spring here at the farm? Take a look at the lesson board.  It’s almost like blooming daffodils, budding trees, and greening grass makes the phone ring with people wanting to take lessons.  Mind you, we’re not complaining.  A busy day of lessons is a good day. In spite of the fact [...]

I can’t speak for everyone but when it comes to grocery shopping the general consensus is that it’s just about the worst household chore there is.  Time after time I’ve heard the words, “I hate grocery shopping,” when the subject has come up. It’s tedious,  time consuming, and just generally speaking, annoying. If grocery store [...]

There’s an old saying that you “have to make hay while the sun shines.”  For most people in our culture it has simply come to mean that you have to take advantage of certain opportunities when the circumstances are just right.  For us here on the farm, we are truly making hay while the sun [...]

The management of horses requires a daily dose of seeing theory turned into reality.  A great part of my job and my life here on the farm is helping to educate people about horse behavior and how to deal with it.  One of the first things I tell people coming to the farm is about [...]