Category Archives: Farm Management

As Kermit the frog once lamented, it’s not easy being green. But it's really not that hard, either. Taken on balance, equestrian facilities are not considered by experts to be...

Flies. Whatever your discipline, breed preference, or skill level, there’s one thing we can all agree upon and that is this: Flies are THE WORST. Like a bad ex, flies...

Most of us have probably come to accept that flies are a fact of life on the farm. Sure, there are ways to combat them for a while, but it...

I breed, train, and show my own horses. I know the highs and lows of doing what we all love so much. As much as a perfect ride can take...

One evening, I was cleaning stalls when a friend, who is a nurse, stopped by the barn. She walked to the stall where I was stuffing a haynet and, without...

I HATE FLIES. We’ve all said this, right? And I’m sure our horses would shout it from the barn tops if they could. Try as we might, it just seems...

Chances are that if you have horses, you own at least one other species of animal (and probably more). Let’s face it—horse people are really just animal people. And the...

Taking care of my own horses on my own farm has been my dream for as long as I can remember. Even then, after years of taking care of everyone else’s...

I've led an interesting life. In just 30 short years I have experienced some of the highest of highs and lowest of lows. Recently, I've had the chance to speak...

One of the oddest phenomena that I have come across running a farrier business with my husband is simply the challenge of figuring out where he needs to go to...

Like most nineteen-year-olds, I am a broke college student, and when you add being an equestrian into the mix, it only makes things worse. This summer, my parents expected me...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmTZvGm_gd8 Stall cleaning is a part of horse life that most of us know intimately. If you're lucky, you eventually make your peace with it. If you're not, you could...