Building & Managing the Small Horse Farm

Some of us probably do NOT want to know how much money we spend on our farms and horses each month, but unfortunately budgeting is a necessa...

I designed my barn with lots of doors and windows for maximum ventilation, so I've been frustrated that the stalls--the most important p...

Late last summer, the greenheads and horseflies here were horrible . The horses didn't even want to be outside in daylight. There are so...

Watching the USEF Young Horse Championships, I wondered how young dressage horses who achieve that level of success fare as their careers pr...

Pasture maintenance is one of my top priorities as a farm owner, and one of the things I knew the least about when I started out. If you are...

After months of intermittent planning, the interior of the barn is finally stained! I went with a two-tone pattern, with the aisle a ligh...

Before you even start building your farm, the first major planning step is figuring out where you're going to put everything you need. T...

One challenge raised by keeping minis as companion animals to horses is maintaining the minis at a healthy weight. Many of them simply ca...

My barn was designed with way too many nooks, crannies, ledges, and protruding wooden beams inside the stalls. It's something I didn...

After a few weeks of disuse and a lot of rain, my 8-month-old ring suddenly tried to turn into a lawn. Even though I dragged it! This post c...