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Jun 29, 2013 21:56:35 GMT -5
Post by ghostrider on Jun 29, 2013 21:56:35 GMT -5
SF bumped our pole last month and moved the satalite for the internet, this morn he bumped the other dish and now they have to come out Tues and reset it. LOL
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Jul 2, 2013 9:02:59 GMT -5
Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2013 9:02:59 GMT -5
YAY!!! Glad the move went so well!!!
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Jul 3, 2013 13:29:36 GMT -5
Post by vsolubo on Jul 3, 2013 13:29:36 GMT -5
Glad the move went well. Hope you settle in quickly!
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Jul 5, 2013 15:27:23 GMT -5
Post by wjminwi on Jul 5, 2013 15:27:23 GMT -5
Well, we've been making a lot of use of the indoor riding area.......it's rained so much that the outdoor is a swamp and the trails are too muddy to explore yet. We have also ridden the roads a bit...once you get off our own street (about 1/2 mile) the rest of the streets around are nice and quiet.
I'm worried about the hay field...still hasn't been dry enough to do a first cutting, and doesn't look like it will be rain free here for at least another week. This has got to be nearly a record "lateness" for it, don't you think?
My dd convinced me to shorten my stirrups on my dressage saddle for working indoors...I use it for the trail and let them be a bit longer...and now I have a nice, big bruise on my thigh from where the leathers made a bump. She tells me to hang in there, that the leathers will flatten out, but ugh! Hurts!
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Jul 5, 2013 16:42:27 GMT -5
Post by ghostrider on Jul 5, 2013 16:42:27 GMT -5
Sorry about all the rain, but at least you do have an indoor. As for the leather's flattening out, depending on how thick it could take awhile right? Maybe you could turn it just one notch at a time? Yeah it's late for here but maybe not there, when does your weather turn to crud there? Do you have the machinery to mow/bale it or will you be hiring someone? I noticed today that the amish have their's mown and laying out drying. They're just cutting it but they just put in enough to do the animals over the winter, they don't hay extra and sell it.
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Jul 5, 2013 18:09:36 GMT -5
Post by cyndi on Jul 5, 2013 18:09:36 GMT -5
Oh, how I wish I had an indoor arena to ride in! I am a bit envious of you, especially since you have it on your own property!
How are your horses settling in? Sounds like you will have a lot of places to explore. I hope the rain stops soon so you can get out there.
I hope your legs feel better soon! I have rawhide "leathers" on my saddle and they feel like wood against my shins. They came with the saddle. As soon as I can afford to, I'm buying new leathers!
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Jul 5, 2013 21:03:39 GMT -5
Post by ghostrider on Jul 5, 2013 21:03:39 GMT -5
In WY I was right up the road from the fairgrounds and it was open for riding anytime it wasn't rented which was almost always open especially during the daytime hours. It was fabulous to have a place to ride! Especially with so many months of winter there. Also fun for the horses to go over and turn them loose in that dirt arena for them to run and roll. Here we have an open arena up the road but I almost never go there. If it's nice enough out then why bother to ride in an arena? I've taken my niece twice though.
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Jul 6, 2013 6:19:53 GMT -5
Post by wjminwi on Jul 6, 2013 6:19:53 GMT -5
I've got someone hired to do the hay. I'm interested to see how many bales I can get just off my place, and if I'll have to buy some extra. Haven't even seen any "hay for sale" ads in the paper yet, so everyone is waiting just like me here. I'd rather go on the trails than the arena, but at least it's something. I'm trying to learn to sit Scout's very bouncy trot. :-)
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Jul 6, 2013 11:01:30 GMT -5
Post by ghostrider on Jul 6, 2013 11:01:30 GMT -5
I actually get more road/trail riding done here after summer starts to pass. The weather here is perfect for riding except through the triple digits of summer. We trailer to the trails in the summer because it's 20 degrees cooler in the woods. This time last year we were in triple digits for a couple weeks but it's high 70's this year, SO much better. How big is the pasture you're going to mow? I wouldn't think you'd need a lot of hay for two horses. I read once it's 5-6 ton per horse per year, that's feeding hay 12 months.
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Jul 6, 2013 19:31:54 GMT -5
Post by cyndi on Jul 6, 2013 19:31:54 GMT -5
When I talked to my former barn owner about how much hay he thought I'd need at the new barn, he figured about 125 square bales for the winter months. His bales are a lot tighter and heavier than the ones I've bought so far. I guess I was spoiled at my former barn.
Unless there is a blizzard, I think it's possible to get more riding done in the winter than in the summer around here. I'd probably appreciate an indoor arena more in the summer than winter, just for the shade. As long as it was well ventilated.
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Jul 9, 2013 8:34:07 GMT -5
Post by wjminwi on Jul 9, 2013 8:34:07 GMT -5
The pasture is about 4 3/4 acres. For my two in WI I needed about 200 small bales for the winter for our two horses. Here I should get by with a bit less than that. I like fall/winter riding the best. It's been so muggy and buggy here that all Scout does is swing her head around to get at the bugs while we ride, even though I spray her well beforehand. She seems more bothered than Tango. Tango is bothered by eating clover...poor girl is the slobber Queen right now.
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Jul 9, 2013 12:11:09 GMT -5
Post by ghostrider on Jul 9, 2013 12:11:09 GMT -5
We haven't had that problem with clover this year at least not yet and things are drying fast with the upper 80's and 90's heat and no rain in the forecast. Haven't had a really good rain in over two weeks either. We had more flies yesterday than normal so I discovered a new technique...two bug spray bottles in both hands at one time covers the boys really good. LOL What's with the flies? we go from not seeing a one to having a couple dozen buzzing around the boys' eyes. I take the masks off and then two days later have to put them back on. Mom and my niece got home from TX Sunday and she said the horse flies there were so bad that they drove through 2 huge swarms of them on Aunt Kathy's road, she'd never seen so many in a swarm before.
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Jul 12, 2013 8:14:15 GMT -5
Post by wjminwi on Jul 12, 2013 8:14:15 GMT -5
The last two days I've been letting the girls have access to the indoor arena during the day....it is blissfully bug-free in there, for some reason, and they are so much happier and more relaxed! Makes me happy too :-) Still no hay...they have to go in and out to eat the grass, so they are getting exercise! I rode Scout alone on the road for the first time here yesterday....dd pulled a neck muscle and couldn't ride for two days....and Scout did pretty well. There are two geldings down the road who get VERY excited to see her. They run around like crazies and sprint back and forth. So I walk her past that farm!
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Jul 12, 2013 22:45:09 GMT -5
Post by ghostrider on Jul 12, 2013 22:45:09 GMT -5
I swear mine are the only ones for miles that could care less when horse and riders go by! Boomer doesn't even lift his head most times. But when we ride past them they do the same thing. Unfortunately one of the younger girls I ride with gets pretty spooked about the other horses prancing and yelling at the fence.
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Jul 21, 2013 15:46:33 GMT -5
Post by wjminwi on Jul 21, 2013 15:46:33 GMT -5
Hi everybody! I got hay....150 small bales, which is enough for 5 months of winter...hoping that's enough, but I might try to get more later to be safe. It worked sooo slick for the hay guy to just drive the truck/hay wagon right into the aisle of the barn, then the boys with him hoisted them up to the loft right from the truck and stacked them for me. So much room that they only had to stack 2 rows high! AND there is enough room on the other side of the aisle for about twice that much hay, or more if stacked higher. I think you could stack at least 4 rows high if needed. Our old barn barely could hold my winter hay, stacked 5 - 6 high. On Thursday night I noticed that our outdoor round pen was FINALLY dry enough to mow. DH mowed it Friday morning. So I was going to ride there Saturday night, after dinner when it would be shady. Guess what? It rained BUCKETS in the early afternoon, and now it's too wet to ride in there again. Bah! Haven't even used it yet! We did ride in the indoor though. Just so you know where I'm at as a rider.....my challenge is to learn to ride bareback at the trot. I'm slowly getting it, but have yet to make a full circle. Pretty pathetic, I know. DD trots and lopes around and around bareback...little show off! Hope you are all getting hay stored up and getting in some good rides!
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