We had 3 new baby Miniature Horses born in June.  They all look like their Daddy, Roy.

Dolly, a filly, born to Cricket.


Pokey and her colt.


Cheyenne and her colt.

Grass is growing and beautiful green as we have had 3 feet of rain in the last 4 weeks.  Lots of rain.  Trees are leaved out, Lilac has already bloomed once and garden is ready for planting soon.  Little Faith has really grown.

Ginger had her baby, a filly, on March 16th.  Roy is the father.  Filly is colored just like Star was last year.  We thought Star might color out a buckskin, but she has stayed a bay.  Spring is here, we have been working getting the garden ready, spreading horse manure. We had tons and tons of rain and then very warm temps!  Lilac bush is leafing, Florabunda has tiny leaves and Oaks are budding.  The Easter Lillies are out and yellow.  See all the green grass.

Early morning pictures of some of the little herd out grazing.  It's been so hot they stay in their open barn during the middle of the days.  They play and run mornings and evenings, and stay out grazing all night long.  They are chubby little horses.  Tonto and Star are growing fast.

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The Miniature horse babies are growing like crazy.  They are now in the herd with the other mares.  All are family.  Ginger, Cricket and Spirit are still due to foal.  The pony herd comes in 3 or 4 times a day to drink, and I call them to the barn in the heat of the day to stay and eat some hay.  The babies sleep in the cool barn during the afternoon if it is hot.

All the rain has made some beautiful green pastures.  I use the riding mower to mow all our pastures.  It is so much cheaper on gas, it's fun and it doesn't tear up the land like a large tractor.  I mow on the highest setting, and it knocks down any weeds and gives the grass a great place to grow.  Plus it distributes the grass seeds into the soil.  Broom-sage hates being mowed constantly and it will kill it.  Broom-sage is no good for your pastures. We have a lot of Lespedeza in the back pastures, which is great for pasture grazing.  Mowing it on high helps it to spread side to side. We are lucky to have a large stand of Lespedeza here, probably planted long, long ago.  Plus the ponies like short sweet grass the best anyway.  Mowing on the riding mower is my favorite thing to do on the farm.