Thursday, March 27, 2008

Nice weather finally

Well finally winter is coming to an end. I think everyone is happy about that, including the horses. We found this year to be a hard winter, with way too much snow. The snow was so high this year it reached the top of the fences in some spots. We couldn't use the riding ring this year either because of the snow. We were not expecting that much. We also had problems with the electrics through the winter (brand new barn, go figure). We dealt with frozen water buckets and a frozen water trough and frozen hoses. Well at least we are done with that now and ready to face new challenges (mud). Last summer we put tile drain in the paddocks around the barn and in the riding ring, can't wait to see what the paddocks look like when everything starts to melt. I am sure that the horses will find mud anyway, but at least they won't be standing it all the time.
Training will be starting as soon as the snow is gone, I should have some stories and pictures to post as training is always a challenge because I am so new to it.

3 comments:

LA Nickers said...

Whew! Spring has spring at last! Although we are tromping through knee-deep mud (and worse), we welcome the warmer days in the pastures!

Blessings,
Linda
The Mane Point

SADDLE UP, on THE MANE POINT

Leanne said...

Hopefully it won't take long to dry out and we'll be walking on nice green grass soon

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