The good stuff makes good dirt
Very happy with the latest batch of compost! The gardens are going to be happy! This entire pile is already gone to good use! Bedding, manure and water from buckets cleaned daily creates black "gold". Thermometer makes sure fresh material heats up and truly composts....
Arena convergence
The weather handed us 48 beautiful hours this weekend. So, we pulled out the drag and suddenly, we had a riding-lunging convergence! It’s a blast to sample the equivalent of “fresh powder” for snow skiers. For my final tractor-drag runs, I like to leave long diagonal...
DYI artist’s horse experiment
Photo: Kalinda Livingston Interesting what you can do with phone camera settings these days: grow horse noses, blow up face stars, redefine “single file”. When the willows in the background turn orange-tipped like this, spring is on the way. So happy the warm winds...
Sharing the love
Advice from a horse: Share the love. Happy Valentine's Day from all of us at Poudre River Stables!
Heat wave advice from a mule-whitetail deer?
Head for the pond! This doe acted furtive a few weeks ago, but stuck around, and then we started seeing tips of little ears in the tall grass. Today, when temperatures hit 95 degrees, she took her youngster to the pond and we got a full view! Mama has mule-deer-ish...
678 Feet North goes live!
Sound the trumpets! Clang the dinner bell! 678 Feet North has gone live on KindleVella with its first three episodes! Follow the absurd adventures of wild animals, horses, and humans as we share rural life 678 feet North of city limits. In Episodes 1 -3, experience...
It’s a miracle! Liquid water!
The beautiful sight of liquid water for the horses greeted us this morning after days of sub-zero temperatures and one ominous GFCI (ground fault circuit interrupter) outlet repeatedly tripping off. (GFCI outlets prevent death by electrocution.) We had called for help...
Blue Christmas: ‘Drops of blood along the mare’s route’
It a took a few attempts by the caller at our back door to make me understand that Blue, our resident Paint mare with a left blue eye, was probably at this minute dripping blood on the public bike trail -- at a dead run. Blue had spooked at a loose blanket strap,...