Chickens, Lions, and Beavers… Oh My!
Our family has a weakness for free-range eggs. You may be thinking, “what’s the big deal? Eggs are eggs,” or “Can you really tell the...
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hanatesterman
Sep 9, 20113 min read
What Does Free Range Mean?
You can do an Internet search of “cage-free” and “free-range” eggs or chickens and see that there really aren’t a whole lot of legal...
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hanatesterman
Sep 7, 20112 min read
The Farm Cycle – Finding the Groove
As we build up our farm here in New Hampshire, one thing we’re working on is putting together an annual farm cycle – a rotating calendar...
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hanatesterman
Sep 6, 20111 min read
You might live on a farm if…
You might live on a farm if… 10. …you normally awake before the rooster (and when he wakes up first you have an urge to reach for the...
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hanatesterman
Sep 5, 20111 min read
Meet the Farm
I’m still working on the back story, but in the meantime, I figured I’d post some pics of our farm animals. Zip (l), our Quarterhorse,...
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hanatesterman
Sep 4, 20112 min read
Floating…
A few days before we headed out on the road to our new home, we had to go to the Vet to get a health certificate, and we figured that...
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hanatesterman
Sep 4, 20113 min read
The Simplicity of Horse Trailering
When you start thinking of horses and horse ownership, lots of images start playing in your mind’s eye. At first, most of them probably...
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hanatesterman
Sep 3, 20113 min read
Tractor Lessons: Dust in the Wind
Back in Texas, we started our search for horses. Rachel, our daughter’s former riding instructor and an amazing horse trainer, served as...
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hanatesterman
Sep 3, 20112 min read
Buying the Farm
If our assignment to New Hampshire broke down one of the last barriers to horse ownership, the house we found to live in sealed the deal....
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hanatesterman
Sep 2, 20112 min read
Whispers, Part 2
Fast forward four years, and the girls had learned a lot about horses and therapeutic riding. They’d learned even more about mucking,...
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hanatesterman
Aug 31, 20112 min read
Whispers of Hope
In my last post, I told you about “the question” that every girl seems to ask at some part in her life: “Can we get a horse?” I also...
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hanatesterman
Mar 22, 20212 min read
Double or Nothing
Two years ago, Chili birthed her first set of quads, four gorgeous red bucklings I like to refer to affectionately as The Spice Boys....
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hanatesterman
Mar 23, 20201 min read
We've Moved!
With all this free time we've found during the shutdown, we at the Flying T at last had the chance to update our website and blog! Rather...
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