Duchess (our mare) came down with a mysterious illness on Saturday. She had tremors and wasn’t eating. Turns out it was caused by her being poisoned by eating Box Elder tree leaves. Maple trees are toxic to equines and Box Elders are a maple variety apparently that has the same effect. From the looks of [...]

Filed under: Farm on October 30th, 2006 | No Comments »

Fall is here, and winter is rapidly approaching. That means time to deal with roving critters bulking up on barn cat food (one opossum already caught) and readying the homestead for winter. I’m finishing up fence and checking automatic waterers. It’s already been below freezing at night, and our average temps have been 10 to [...]

Filed under: Farm, Home on October 27th, 2006 | No Comments »