Barn Raising Blog

A horse owner whose long-held wish has been to have her horses in her backyard, chronicles her adventures with zoning, construction choices and more in this EquiSearch.com blog.

Sunday, December 28, 2008

Pit Pickup

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I was finally able to catch the truck picking up our straw! Fascinating - and as stated in previous post (see "It's the Pits!"...
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Friday, July 18, 2008

Water-Loo!

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Before we even dug the trench, we purchased our frost-free hydrant from our local Tractor Supply Company (where would all of us be without t...

In the Trenches

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By late spring the barn was built, the horses were in and settled and we were about at the end of our pre-determined budget. Kenny had purch...
Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Little Pals

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We lost our little black & white kitty over the winter. We weren't sure what happened to him until spring when sadly, we found his b...
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Friday, May 30, 2008

Fly Wars

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Since we now controlled our own mini-farm, we decided to try predator flies in the new barn. I heard they worked well, and boy do they ever!...
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

By way of China

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My sister acquired a brood of chicks from some foreign exchange college students who didn't know it was illegal to keep chickens in your...
Friday, March 28, 2008

Old MacDonald

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What's a farm without barn cats? We acquired Boo Boo Kitty from fellow Bringing Up Baby blogger Michelle Smith. This cute, yellow fluff...
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008

It's The Pits!

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We are fortunate to live in a largely race-horse community. There is a sizable breeding facility just a half-mile down the road, housing as ...

Anti-Mud

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We couldn't live in a mud hole so we had some stone delivered and spread on the entire driveway. I will park my trailer here as well. So...
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Tuesday, December 11, 2007

Unsettling

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Both horses took a good 2 weeks to settle in - Reggie more so than Tivio. He acted flighty and nervous - probably due to the new smells. Eve...
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