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Middle Grove Winter Prep
Ruth sent a picture early this morning as she and mom were enjoying the sunrise in Gulf Shores.
It was 16 degrees when we finished but had warmed up to 21 degrees by the time I left for Middle Grove. My first job there was to check the bales. We have 6 left from Jay
The other farmer had brought over 14 which were larger bales and the farmer we usually get our bales from but he was in the hospital and couldn't get them to us in time.
Mike is coming back from Gulf Shores to help him move more of these bales over. We usually buy 80 from him. The next job was to find out if there was enough hay set out until Saturday.
There were a few horses down eating on the bales and just 2 left. Oliver heard one of the mares neigh and took off running to join the rest of the herd.
Mike needed the tractor plugged in so that was done.
I followed the horses going to join the rest of the herd to check on everyone. They all seemed content to graze.
I wanted to check on all of the foals and was pleased to not only find them all but also was able to handle each one.
Below is Roseberry and Dalhia.
Below is Disco
Below is Dreamer.
Below is Bulu's colt who still needs to be named.
I didn't get a good picture of Shadow but she too is looking good. All of the foals are very fuzzy, exactly what is needed for the coming cold. Lily and Jury had gone quite a ways from the herd over by a tree. I walked over followed by Rosalie, Valerie, Tessa and Thalia. Lily was busy breaking ice from a large puddle then drinking the water under it. I didn't remember to check the bubbler on the way to the field so was worried maybe it wasn't working. Thankfully I found it working well, Lily was just too lazy to walk all the way back to the lake and knows how to find water easier.
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By the time I was back in the car I was really cold and glad the heater works well in my Prius. Once home Mark had Mackenson come help stock up the porch with wood.
They would bring it to the porch and I would stack it. By the time we quit the rack was full.
They also took wood over to Joan's house as now that mom is in Gulf Shores she is living back at her house and burning wood in both of her wood burners. We have kept that wood burner going all day and now it is full of red hot coals.
