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When life gives you manure..

When life gives you manure..

..make compost! Thanks to Moo Betta, LLC, and owner Aaron Larson for helping with our manure management program. Besides shelter, food and daily care, manure management is at the top of good stable practices. As part of our program, we pay Moo Betta to regularly...

El Bayo: A love story

El Bayo: A love story

Juan Rael in his cowboy days. Photo provided by Nicholas Rael. (I love writing about cowboys. I found this story in my archives, told to me by longtime Fort Collins resident and former co-worker Nicholas Rael. I remembered it today when my writing/readers group,...

Plowed out at the barn

Plowed out at the barn

Pretty proud of our snow work today. All upper lanes, parking areas done! If you ever decide to go into horse boarding in Colorado, make sure you get a good tractor and, among other things, snow equipment. Many thanks to Gregg Doster on his Massey-Ferguson 4707 with...

Overnight, short-term boarding added

Overnight, short-term boarding added

Riverside pens now open to overnight, short-term boarding. We ran a little experiment this fall with short-term boarding at our riverside pens, and are now comfortable with welcoming overnight or short-term boarders during warm weather. Thanks for spreading the word!...

Crash Test Cowboy supports local

Crash Test Cowboy supports local

Crash Test Cowboy deluxe holiday bazaar package. Crash Test Cowboy as seen in the North Forty News. Crash Test Cowboy wrapped itself into a deluxe holiday package featuring a signed author copy and commemorative locket for the Fort Collins Holiday Gift Festival. This...

Mouse-proof grain storage: Just file it!

https://youtu.be/tN58kYjBFBU (Originally published at MyHoofprints, July 11, 2011) I spent weeks trying to find affordable individual grain storage solutions for our stable feed room, which suffered from several problems: We were plagued with spilled grain and other...

88 hours of snow and cold at a stable

88 hours of snow and cold at a stable

A newscaster pointed out this morning that Colorado’s Front Range endured 88 hours of snow and cold. My, where does the time go? If you have a horse stable, it goes into preparation before the storm and snow-response during and after the storm. After months without...