[Ag-eq] horse training

[nfoster at extremezone.com]

Jody:

It sounds as if you have been very busy!

I kept thinking I needed to post to the list and I was especially interested to
hear about your new adventures.  I'm so glad some one got the ball rolling
around here.  I wish this list were a little more active; I always learn so
much from everyone on here.

There is a type of fish that help with masquitos, but I can't remember what they
are called.  I know people who put them in large stock tanks.  They are suppose
to be very helpful.

I compost with horse, chicken and goat droppings.  It takes a while for it to
break down here in the desert.  I have to water down my compost pile and turn
it frequently.  However, I have been quite successful with growing things.

I love the Barnyard in Your Backyard book.  I found the chapter on chickens and
goats to be very useful.  I have it saved on a thumb drive so I can access it
when ever I need to.

My baby goats are geting huge.  The doe is giving less milk, but still enough
for cheese and such.  A friend and I have been making goat milk soap and it's
turning out very nice.  I need to find a buck to breed my other doe to,so I can
have milk and babies in the spring.

I will plant a fall garden in the next couple of weeks.  I would like to build a
couple more raised beds.  I also have a small herb garden that is doing very
well.

That is about all that is going on with me.

Nella



Quoting Jody Ianuzzi <jody at thewhitehats.com>:

> Hi Nella,
>
> I am so glad this list got active again since I didn't have the contact
> email in this computer.
>
> I have wondered how you and everyone was doing.
>
> The house is finally unpacked but we have a lot to do on the property.  We
> have already cleared out a lot but lots more to do.  We are almost done
> fixing the round pen and we have to fix the paddock fence.  The whole
> property is fenced which is great although I only let the dogs in the
> smaller area.  The tall grass and over grown brush is not a good place to
> let them run because we have rattle snakes and other varmints here.
>
> We had a lot of rain with the hurricane and the water table rose so high the
> pond turned in to a lake and the yard was all boggy.
>
> I hoped to have the garden planted by now but the area is still too wet.  I
> composted the leaves I raked up last spring and I am moving them to the
> garden and adding some dirt too.  This area was once a lake bed and the soil
> is black and it smells swampy.  It is called muck soil.  It really needs
> peet moss but they want $10 a bag for it and that is why I decided to use
> the compost  even though it really isn't totally ready.
>
> I have been reading Barnyard in your Backyard from the Talking book library.
> I am on the section about chickens now.  We have to work on our chicken coop
> and replace the chicken wire and fix the nesting boxes.
>
> The pond is great and I hope we can stock it with fish.  I would especially
> like some fish that like to eat mosquitos and frog eggs.  hahahaha
>
> Daytime is still warm in the upper 80s and night time is in the 70s.  This
> is the time of year I miss New England for the autumn leaves and cool
> temperatures.  Everyone is tired of the heat.
>
> I am looking forward to cool days.  I think we will get a lot more done
> outside.
>
> How have you been?
>
> JODY
>
>
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