Pony with No Name

Recently we had the opportunity to rescue a pony that had been neglected and was going to the auction barn. Poor guy was thin and did not trust humans. We brought him home, rehabilitated him, and now he is in the work force. As with all our livestock, everyone here has a job, or they go. He is doing well in his training as a draft animal and will be a great help around here doing the heavier jobs that our draft goat, Shadow, can't do.

However, the poor guy doesn't have a name! We, here on the homestead, can't agree on a name either. I like Scout, our son likes Bill (from The Lord of the Rings), and my husband likes Ed. So, I've decided to have a name the pony contest. Submit a name in the comments page and if we agree on that name, the winner of the contest will receive 4 oz of roving from my sheep. The winner can pick from either white or grey.

A Goat, an Electric Chainsaw, and a DR Trimmer

Time flies when you're working the homestead! I can't believe I haven't posted in such a long time. I've been busy, busy, busy.

Our driveway is overgrown with brush and small trees. So bad that we can't drive down without limbs hitting the vehicles. So, this summer I've taken on the task of trimming back our 1/4 mile long driveway. This is no easy task. And I can only work on the driveway when everything else is caught up. I'm now more than half way done. Among all the brush are tree limbs that fell during the ice storm. Photos are before trimming back, and after.

So Shadow is helping drag the small trees that I cut down with my handy dandy electric battery powered chainsaw. Then I use the DR Trimmer with a beaver blade to cut down the small brush and then pile it up for burning later.

The sheep are doing well despite the high temps this summer. Grass is plentiful this year.