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, 2011
- 3 min
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, 2011
- 2 min
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, 2011
- 1 min
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, 2011
- 1 min
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, 2011
- 2 min
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, 2011
- 3 min
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, 2011
- 3 min
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, 2011
- 2 min
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, 2011
- 2 min
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, 2011
- 2 min
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, 2021
- 2 min
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, 2020
- 1 min
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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