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Welcome to the wonderful world of farming. The rewards are mostly hidden behind the aggravatingly tough work. Farming can be very expensive to get set up in, as is being discussed in another thread. T ...

Thanks everyone. It's like having a therapy group here at peakoil.com. What you are witnessing in me is my typical overreaction to problems that at the time seem insurmountable but are really just lit ...

It is with a heavy heart that I must confess that yesterday, I backed out of the horse deal.

My hay is standing, overripe in the field with a 90 percent chance that it will not be getting baled and ...

roccman,

It can, and has been done for centuries, but it is one helluva lot of work. Good machinery makes it easier.

Ok - thanks.

Still not what I was looking for...I was looking for num ...

Yea..what Patience said.

Here's more...

While there's still fossil fuel to burn, smaller engines can be incorporated to run machinery that is pulled behind the horses. These machines are called ...

The costs associated with keeping horses can be enormous. I'm fortunate in that I have the property to graze them in the summer, and to produce enough hay to say, break even.

I worked my nuts off s ...

Hmmm...

I play Medal of Honor online at work during quiet times.

MAP: Malta ALL DAY. and others.

I nap nearly every day.

I cut more grass than I should.

I'm a butt man. Shocked

Thanks again. Here's an update.

I've worked with these horses at the previous owners place before I bought them and they are magnificent. Over the past few days you can see the strong herd mentalit ...

Oatmeal is not toasted.

Patience. You're one of those guys that all of us wished lived next door!

I would never have my farm if it weren't partially willed to me. My dad and my aunt inherited it from my grandpa. My dad ga ...

They are registered Percheron mares.

Thanks again folks. Yes Sky they will eventually be broodmares. I have a lot of work to do before I think about sending them away to get bred however.

For tonight, a little rest.

Hey thanks folks. Now you won't see much of me here at all! Razz

Patience: They are 4 year old mares.

Well the horses arrived yesterday. It was a little sooner than I had planned but the bottom line was they needed some pasture, I needed to get busy and that's all there is to that.

The barn isn't ...

So I'm not the only one with this problem.

I'm Ok with logging on here at work but my home machine gives me a blank page. I tried deleting my cookies and all that but as soon as I log on, it is bac ...