Pasture

Last night was yet another night of not doing much with the horses. Everyone was disgruntled with me because I wouldn't let them out onto the lawn. There's really nothing left for grass and we had to haul horses into town for Rodeo Bible Camp (not our horses). I didn't want to come home and find the herd scattered to the four corners of the county while we were away. I think I may pull down the temporary fence and put it up somewhere else. It'll be for a smaller area but I'll pull out those that have been dropping weight. I have about four that always drop weight starting in March. They NEED to be on pasture.

I want to avoid using some of the lawn so that I can put the ponies on it and get the mares acclimiated to the grass before putting them out on pasture too. There's always so much to do and so little time to get it all done.

Tonight our drill team has a performance at the Rodeo Bible Camp so there goes my shot of moving the temporary fencing. Maybe Thursday I'll be able to move the fence around. Fingers crossed that it stops raining long enough for me to move fencing around. I'd rather not be soaked up to my knees while moving that darn temporary fence. I am debating on which part of the lawn to put the hard keepers. There's two spots but one I have never grazed before and I'm hestitant to use because it's so close to the road. It really shouldn't matter becaues it's farther from the road than they ever were last summer at the neighbor's. I guess we'll just see what kind of mood strikes me later this week and how much time I have.

It hasn't even been a month since we reseeded the pasture but I am getting A.N.X.I.O.U.S. to put the horses out on grass! I want to see fat, sleek horses enjoying lush grass. I haven't even gone out to look at he pasture for fear of tearing it up. I'm doing the whole out of sight, out of mind (but not really). Now if we could get some decent sun (along with the necessary light showers), I expect the grass will grow.

I was reading on another blog about someone buying their hay already. I did see someone yesterday on my drive to work with their first cutting down. I was a little surprised (and a little jealous). But as the blog post mentioned, they are down in the New Mexico area and are already into a hay crisis because hay is being shipped overseas. Again, it's all hearsay so I have no facts to back it up. But I'll be curious to see what hay prices will be like this year, especially after last year's drought and the year before when all the hay was headed down south. I guess all I can do is wait and see. What I would give to buy the land around us and use that as hay ground instead of having to be at the mercy of the hay dealers. I am praying for rain and decent weather for haying season.  After the past two years, I think everyone needs a break.