Hay

 

Keira and I volunteer regularly at Elm Farm.  This is the sister farm to Dusty Dog Farm where we take lessons. At Elm Farm we run after school programs and programs for children and adults experiencing trauma. The horses there are all former lesson horses that retired, but they still have a lot of love to give and can be used for these programs. We are still putting hay out once or twice a day for our equine friends. We emptied one side of the hayloft a few weeks ago, now we get the hay from the other side that is only accessible via one small ladder and a makeshift ladder. I usually do the climbing to throw the square bails down, while Erin and Keira stack them down below on a palette so they will stay dry. We have started to take the hay out past the front paddock of the barn so the horses get used to being out on the range again. This has been a bit challenging as we have quite a bit of mud. We put they hay in the wheelbarrow and together we take it acrtoss the bridge, through the mud -we hope for the best to not get stuck in the mud-  and make some nice piles for each of the horses and our one darling pony.

                                                                     Keira and Erin

One of the horses, silly Findlay, is following the fully loaded wheelbarrows. He thinks he doesn't need to wait until we have made some piles.