This message is from: Marsha Jo Hannah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > "briar hill farm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What do you do in your area with your fjords in winter? > > Susan Cook
Winter in this part of coastal California means rain, sometimes of the "40 days and 40 nights" variety. Combined with our steep terrain and heavy clay soil, this makes the local trails unridable most of the winter. (When we do get clear days, they're accompanied with howling east winds, which can cause even Fjord brains to "blow away"!) Mostly what we do in the winter is throw hay at the front end, shovel up after the back end, and give a friendly pat to anything reasonably non-muddy on the way by.... Marsha Jo Hannah Murphy must have been a horseman-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] anything that can go wrong, will! 30 mi SSE of San Francisco, Calif. Where we're getting what passes for fall color---the poison oak is turning red.... -------
