Re: [IceHorses] Pit gravel, pregnant mares and T-post bracket pictures
I understand now that it would have > been a money trap to restore, much less try to maintain, but it was a > great > old house. I have some pictures of it that I really should scan, but it > was > not in the best shape by the time I was old enough to use a camera. I'd love to see those pictures. I love old houses. The folks on the farm below us built a plain ordinary little one story contemporary house and abandoned the most gorgrous old farm house. It had amazing wide dark wood trim inside and a turned staircase, wonderful portch across the front. They said it would have cost too much to restore. It was such a loss. The people who bought the farm when they died did a huge remodel on the newer house and now it looks like a vintage farm house. Nancy
Re: [IceHorses] Pit gravel, pregnant mares and T-post bracket pictures
>>> Karen how old is your house? Were you raised there? I was born on this farm (well, literally in a hospital of course, but I came home to this farm) but I've lived in four different houses here. My husband and I had this house built in 1990, but the farm buildings you see in some of my pictures are pretty old, some dating back to the 1910's and 1920's. The big old early/mid-1880's house got a bad case of termites as my grandparents' health declined in the late 1950's-early 1960's, and they didn't notice until pretty late. I was twelve when my parents had it torn down to build the house my mom still lives in, and it broke my heart. I'd just read Gone With the Wind, and saw the movie, and to a twelve-year-old, that old house was my family's Tara. I understand now that it would have been a money trap to restore, much less try to maintain, but it was a great old house. I have some pictures of it that I really should scan, but it was not in the best shape by the time I was old enough to use a camera. Karen Thomas, NC
Re: [IceHorses] Pit gravel, pregnant mares and T-post bracket pictures
In a message dated 3/23/2008 7:52:10 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Karen how old is your house? Were you raised there? I am not where I was born thank goodness that was Ohio. I love California, but today makes me sorry we are so scattered. My mother is in a Rehab facility now a month because she had a tiny stroke. No physical impairment but speech and memory. She is 89 year old. Her best friend died Friday. Fifty years of friend. She has no way to get to the funeral. My sisters and I are out of state. She is in Jupiter Florida. She had the stroke while taking care of him. She still drove him everywhere. His heart gave out from kidney failure and old age. Sylvia **Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom000301)
Re: [IceHorses] Pit gravel, pregnant mares and T-post bracket pictures
In a message dated 3/22/2008 7:39:36 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) I just can't wait to see the babies pictures this year from all the breeders. I guess Assa will be between 13 and 14 hands then like her sister. Good sized mare, I will be too old to ride by the time she is ready. All old and shriveled up. My husband is doing ok and has to work to regain his left side. He has come far in the three weeks since his stroke. He manages to climb the stairs at night and go down in the morning. His hand has some grip, he starts PT Monday and will be sore and not move. This is a problem with him. We have had some issues with his blood sugars since he lost thirty pounds at the hospital also. Sylvia **Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom000301)
Re: [IceHorses] Pit gravel, pregnant mares and T-post bracket pictures
On Sun, Mar 23, 2008 at 9:54 AM, Wanda Lauscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=4jh0nhxz.9ze05gb3&x=0&y=17v7so > > Flowers! You brat! And grass!!! V
Re: [IceHorses] Pit gravel, pregnant mares and T-post bracket pictures
>>> Flowers! You brat! Gosh, Wanda, the daffodils are finished blooming here except for a few latest-blooming varieties. Some early blooming azaleas are starting to bloom, the redbud trees are at their peak, the dogwood buds are swelling. The fruit trees are about peak too - there's a pretty plum tree blooming outside my foalmobile window, away from the barn view. I think I must have tossed a peach pit into the azalea bed around the goldfish pond a few years ago - there's a young peach tree that's sprouted, and it's blooming for the first time this year. Those particular flowers are grape hyacinths. I guess my grandmother planted them many years ago, or maybe the folks who lived on this farm before my family - my grandpa bought the farm with pre-Civil War era house in 1900. (He moved to this farm from about 4-5 miles away - my family came to this county in the 1780's - from eastern NC.) Anyway, the grape hyacinths are rampant on this farm - I can only image that many plows have uprooted and spread and re-spread the initial bulbs, scattering them over 20-25-ish acres where crops have been grown. They aren't so widespread in the areas that have always been pasture - "always" meaning as long as I can remember. Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [IceHorses] Pit gravel, pregnant mares and T-post bracket pictures
>>> You say it doesn't compact really hard? Do you think that is because >>> you don't apply it too deep about how many inches would you say? I'd say we put 2-3" in the round pen initially - that would have been about 5 years ago. in 1996, we put down close to 6" for the base layer of the barn. It's what's still in my hallway, but we did put mats in the stalls. It's not terribly hard, even what was initially 6". Our soil is red clay, which can pack fairly hard, although not so much where grass grows, and if it's in the shade. (The sun tends to bake bare red clay into bricks.)I don't know if this helps or hurts - it seems to mix well. If you can get this sort of gravel, I don't think it would hurt to try putting down 2-3 inches initially - that's been about what we've put around the water tanks - since you can add more if you see you need it. Another tip - always have enough turn-around room and wide enough gates for a big truck to get into your pastures, be that a dump truck to bring in gravel or a big truck to deliver hay - and you may find that you build a barn or hay storage building where you don't initially expect to. Living on a piece of property sometimes changes your original ideas on the "flow" of where you want things. I moved my round pen about three times before I realized we could cut some low-handing limbs and have a wind-protected, shady area big enough - it's the perfect location, but I didn't see it at first. We now have a front-end loader on our tractor to move stuff (like gravel) around, but you may not have one initially. Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [IceHorses] Pit gravel, pregnant mares and T-post bracket pictures
On 22/03/2008, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An eclectic mix of pictures, probably not of general interest but for those > who might be interested: > > http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=4jh0nhxz.9ze05gb3&x=0&y=17v7so Flowers! You brat! Wanda
Re: [IceHorses] Pit gravel, pregnant mares and T-post bracket pictures
Karen, thanks for all the great pictures of the pit gravel. You say it doesn't compact really hard? Do you think that is because you don't apply it too deep about how many inches would you say? And I love the pictures of your mares... can't wait to see the foals. Jacki
Re: [IceHorses] Pit gravel, pregnant mares and T-post bracket pictures
>>> When are the mares due, they look ready or do the Icelandic mares just look bigger? Maja is due in about two weeks, and Flekka about a week later - which means any time in the next six weeks I guess... >>> My husband is home and it is work, work, work. How is he doing? >>> My filly going to turn a year this spring is huge. She is almost as big >>> as my gelding that is just about 13hh with long feet. Of course she is >>> not filled out or anything but she is all legs and tall. Do they grow >>> this way? My fillies so far have had a good portion of their height by the time they are a year, and most of their height by the time they are two.That's just what I've seen though - not exactly a large quantity of data behind it. Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> One of my Rottweiler females just made the top ten in the Nation list for > last year in Agility. She is five years old. I have had a Gemstone dog in > the > top ten Nationally for four years running now. Last year was Ch Gemstones > Arwen of Gawan number seven in conformation. She just wonBOS at the > specialty > here this past month too. Wow! Congratulations Sylvia. That's quite an accomplishment. Nancy
Re: [IceHorses] Pit gravel, pregnant mares and T-post bracket pictures
In a message dated 3/22/2008 6:22:44 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]) When are the mares due, they look ready or do the Icelandic mares just look bigger? My husband is home and it is work, work, work. I throw the ponies out and hit the ground running in the morning. I am so tired from the stairs a million times a day. I have three pups that need trained also. My filly going to turn a year this spring is huge. She is almost as big as my gelding that is just about 13hh with long feet. Of course she is not filled out or anything but she is all legs and tall. Do they grow this way? Or is she just going to be big her sister is over 13.5 hh that is a year older. One of my Rottweiler females just made the top ten in the Nation list for last year in Agility. She is five years old. I have had a Gemstone dog in the top ten Nationally for four years running now. Last year was Ch Gemstones Arwen of Gawan number seven in conformation. She just wonBOS at the specialty here this past month too. Sylvia **Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom000301)
[IceHorses] Pit gravel, pregnant mares and T-post bracket pictures
An eclectic mix of pictures, probably not of general interest but for those who might be interested: http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=4jh0nhxz.9ze05gb3&x=0&y=17v7so Karen Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
