Tag: pasture

Beware the horse eating turtles

June 2, 2010.Reading time 2 minutes.

One of my favorite things about spring in New England is watching the painted turtles lay their eggs. Our pasture is near a pond and the turtles take (for them) a marathon journey into the grass to dig holes for their eggs. I love the turtles. I love how ancient they look. I love the […]

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Black patch disease strikes the clover in our pastures!

July 9, 2009.Reading time 1 minute.

I thought that the torrential downpours, muddy footing and soggy grass were bad enough. Now it turns out that the weather has caused an epidemic of Black Patch disease. Horses that eat clover infected with Black Patch drool. A lot. It seems like buckets of saliva drip from their mouths. Technically, Black Patch is a […]

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Freedom has a Temporary Friend

November 4, 2008.Reading time 2 minutes.

Freedom has been very depressed since Kroni died. As an off-the-track TB, he wasn’t used to being alone. After all, race horses are rarely by themselves. For the last two weeks he’s spent a lot of time staring longingly over the fence at the horses in the next pasture and looking glum. Well, it turned […]

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