Animals
- Fur Coat Ettiquette
The questions that you posed a couple weeks ago continue to provide me withsubject matter for this time when not much is happening on the farm. Since it has been so incredibly cold this week,it's a good time to address this next question. Annie V....
- No Shortage Of Winter Coats Around Here
After several days of what felt like a heatwave(high temperatures actually reached the 20's)... we have plummeted back down to almost zero again. Thank you, very much. I truly have just not had enough cold yet this winter.(kidding) Our snow seems...
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"It's always darkest before the dawn...."And this morning is no exception to that.The moon has already set.The farm is shrouded in peaceful, inky darkness...snow falling softly, blanketing the ground and muffling all sound. I pull on my...
- A Perfect Day Off
Yesterday was my day "off" from farm chores.The daily chores were all done by Jim and Kathy, our neighbors. With the snowy countryside as my scenery,I sat by a roaring fire and finished my continuing Ed reading for the year. Amazingly, with only this...
- Together At Last!
I have been hesitant to put the "Bigs" and the "Littles"together in the same pasture to graze...fearing for the safety of my tiny horses. That is until the other day, when I took the Bigs to the upper pasture and heard the cries ofthe Littles as...
Animals
Baby, It's Cold Outside
This has been the coldest December that I can remember. Our Decembers are usually temperate...and snow for Christmas is often a long shot. However, it looks like the snow on the ground will still be around for the holidays.
The snow on the ground makes grazing a bit difficult, so we are into our heavy hay usage season.
Each morning the Bigs head out to the pasture, with flakes of hay spread around the old pine tree in the center.
The littles spend some time munching and playing in the dry lot.
Around noon the Bigs and the Littles switch places and the wild times begin. As soon as the littles hit the pasture they take off running....and they run and run through the snow.
All of the horses seem to enjoy the white stuff, and seem undaunted by the frigid weather. They all have grown long, wooly coats.
As long as they have fuel for their furnaces (hay for their bellies), they munch and stay very warm.
The cats, on the other hand, are a whole different story. They spend short times out of the barn to supervise and then return to bask in the warmth of their heat lamps.
Amazingly, the goats and chickens seem to be unaffected by the cold and continue on their usual routines.
As for us humans....we survive by wearing lots of layers. And, when the work is done, we return to the warmth of a roaring fire and cups of hot tea or cocoa. I actually prefer the cold of winter to the heat of summer.
- Fur Coat Ettiquette
The questions that you posed a couple weeks ago continue to provide me withsubject matter for this time when not much is happening on the farm. Since it has been so incredibly cold this week,it's a good time to address this next question. Annie V....
- No Shortage Of Winter Coats Around Here
After several days of what felt like a heatwave(high temperatures actually reached the 20's)... we have plummeted back down to almost zero again. Thank you, very much. I truly have just not had enough cold yet this winter.(kidding) Our snow seems...
-
"It's always darkest before the dawn...."And this morning is no exception to that.The moon has already set.The farm is shrouded in peaceful, inky darkness...snow falling softly, blanketing the ground and muffling all sound. I pull on my...
- A Perfect Day Off
Yesterday was my day "off" from farm chores.The daily chores were all done by Jim and Kathy, our neighbors. With the snowy countryside as my scenery,I sat by a roaring fire and finished my continuing Ed reading for the year. Amazingly, with only this...
- Together At Last!
I have been hesitant to put the "Bigs" and the "Littles"together in the same pasture to graze...fearing for the safety of my tiny horses. That is until the other day, when I took the Bigs to the upper pasture and heard the cries ofthe Littles as...