Shovelling sh!t
On a farm you spend a lot of time moving manure from one place to another and today […]
Racing Rainbows
During autumn and winter, I am always dodging showers and racing rainbows when doing the farm chores. […]
Free Range Footprints
The free ranging chickens, guineas and horses all leave their mark on the property, some messier than others. […]
Pony Express
Horses love routine and always come in for tea at the same time in the same order. They […]
Stick Spishy
Local artist Lauren Wilhelm paints and sculpts and made this amazing horse out of sticks she found on […]
Splashy Spishy
Middle horse 22 y.o. Auspicious is a real water baby if he is not in the dam, or playing […]
Healthy Horses
This picture shows the beautiful copper sheen that was hinted at three months ago when 28 year old […]
Free Again
The horses got out again for the first time in 6 weeks. They went for a run […]
So Satisfying
The horses love the hay we grew! After all the months of waiting and hours of work, it […]
Let us in
The horses have been locked out of the big paddock for over 5 months since we sprayed the […]
Wait for Me
Water Baby Auspicious was most unimpressed that the other two didn’t want to linger and wallow. His ears […]
Bath Time
I was watching the horses from the deck when they all disappeared. It was only when I zoomed […]
Enjoying the Sunshine
The horses have just been hanging round the stables even with the gates left open, but with the […]
Coppery Sheen
27 y.o. Bowie has beautiful copper highlights in his coat that glint and gleam when the sun catches […]
Flip-Flop Hoof-Stand
A farrier’s hoof-stand has been on my wish list for a couple of months and the wild, wet […]
Lunging Flash
Flash has gradually been coming back into work since his injuries last November and then in March. In June […]
I Couldn’t Wait
I couldn’t wait the full hour and went to check on Midge after 45 minutes. As soon as […]
Horseproof Fence
The pony train heads home after a couple of hours of free range grazing, all in the proper […]
Free Range Flash
The horses have settled back into their routine. They get a bit of breakfast before 7am then free […]
Day’s End
This was the warmest day so far this winter, almost reaching 20C/68F. Australian spring officially starts on 1st […]
Bowie finds a new way
Bowie has found a new path away from the stables so he doesn’t feel as exposed to the […]
Winter Water Baby
Middle horse Auspicious is a real water baby and is often sloshing and splashing water wherever he can find […]
Horse-proof Fence
A heavy mist came down just after 7.30 and the horse-proof boundary fence faded into the backgound. When […]
Box-walking Bowie
Every now and then, Bowie gets himself worked up overnight, doesn’t eat his feed and walks round and […]
Relaxing
Since 2009 I have been following the Cold Antler Farm blog of Jenna Woginrich, a young writer who is […]
30 millimetres in 30 minutes
We don’t often get torrential rain in the SW of WA, but this morning we did. We had […]
Spying on the goats
I found 27 y.o. Bowie hiding behind some trees in the forest and having a sneaky peak at […]
Horse Conquers his Demons
I could see that 27 y.o. standardbred Bowie wanted to go out free-ranging this morning, so I opened […]
Mystic Goats
27 y.o. Bowie is in awe of the shocking power of the goats (he hadn’t experienced an electric […]
Epipen
I had to use an EpiPen for the first time. Just after 5.30pm when I was picking up […]
Winter Coats
After a few cold nights, the horses are getting their winter coats. 27 yo Bowie always shows the […]
Flash Down and Out
After four months out of action with a stifle injury, we managed 2 light lunging sessions before he […]
Ridiculously Cold
The animals spent all day trying to stay out of the strong southerly wind and catch any sun […]
Here Comes the Capeweed
After only 8.5mm of rain a week ago, the Capeweed has started sprouting. This is our most […]
Preparing for Winter Pt II
It seems strange to be thinking of winter on a 31 degree day, but a couple of cool […]
Preparing for Winter
We moved the hay from the open bay into the feed shed to protect them from the main […]
Flash Fit for work
Three months after injuring his stifle, Flash has been given the OK to get back into light work […]
Break and Enter
The horses get into the irrigated summer paddock every afternoon around 4 for an hour or so before […]
Chaffing 1930s Style
Our neighbours have restored a 1930s Chaff Cutter and added a new electric motor. They have kindly let […]
Compost is king
Composting horse poo in bays made from re-purposed metal beds is the ultimate in recycling. The three horses […]
Scaring the Horses
When the temperature hit 39 and the wind dropped, I went out to irrigate the summer paddock, but […]
Is all this for me ??
Every day I dance with the horses, moving them away from the hay we grew/cut/baled. 27 year old […]
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