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Christmas Figgy Pudding Horse Cake

Everyone seems to have holiday traditions. While we’re busy baking Christmas hams and pies and eating figgy pudding, our horses are left to eat the same old hay they get all year. Don’t think their super-sensitive nostrils aren’t picking up … Continue reading

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The horse owners garden – Part 2

You may recall we decided to garden this year with special attention being paid to food horses would like. That was months ago so it’s time for an update. Until the heat wave that is gripping the south started a … Continue reading

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My Horse Loves Watermelon

Our garden is doing so well this year! A little too well, in fact, at least as far as the melon goes. We’re kind of newbies to the gardening thing as well as the horse thing (I did grow up … Continue reading

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Make your own horse birthday cake

First of all…HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOONSHINE! My beautiful horse just turned 9 years old. Sniff, sniff, they grow up so fast. Mikki made a birthday “cake” and I dragged everyone up to the barn to sing Happy Birthday to my favorite … Continue reading

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My pocket smells like carrots

Yes those are carrots and I am happy to see you. When Mikki and I let our horses out of their stalls each morning, we use a few carrots to coax them out of the barn and into the pasture. … Continue reading

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Repeat after me: I am an herbivore

We like bringing treats to our horses and usually that means an apple or some carrots we buy in bulk. But one treat they’ve been craving is something I just refuse to give them…my fingers. Well actually there is a … Continue reading

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