Category Archives: The Barn

Posts that talk about the barn.

Keeping Barn Plants Alive

In our travels we’ve seen some pretty fancy barns. We’re not rich so we can’t afford a landscaping staff to decorate and care for our barn plants like the beautiful Biltmore Mansion stables, for example. But as soon as the … Continue reading

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How to Poop Like a Horse

A stick figure cartoon about the different ways our horses poop in their stalls: As illustrated by the least artistically capable person in my house (me). Okay, your turn. Tell us how your horses poop.

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Mud abatement, Part 3

Third in a series of posts about our efforts to reduce mud around our horse barn and in our pasture. In this post we reveal an inexpensive solution that seems to be working. Continue reading

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Fly control for horses and barns

Now that the weather is warm in east Tennessee, the flies are coming out in a big way. One afternoon recently I happened to catch Valentine coming in for a drink and noticed his face (mostly his eyes) were covered … Continue reading

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Is your pasture wet and muddy too?

When it rains, it pours here in East Tennessee. To make winters even less pleasant, the frequent rain (January is our second rainiest month) is causing us work and making the lives of our horses a little less fun. Even … Continue reading

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Neat Horse Stall Signs

Sure, our horses know which stall to go in at feeding time but we’ve always wanted nice horse stall signs. We’ve thought about having someone make some carved ones but thought it might look too big. Most of the horse … Continue reading

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