[Ag-eq] horse training

[Liz Lewis]

Nella: Where do you live in AZ?  I will be visiting AZ in late February.  

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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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