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Debbie

Joined: 04 Dec 2004
Posts: 160
Location: Exmoor Devon

Posted: Sun May 07, 06 2:01 pm Post subject:

Congratulations Nick its a great feeling isn't it? Maybe a small orchard with maybe a few lambs grazing underneath the trees fattening up?

Horses on your land? Hmmm.....I feel justified in saying this as I own two but I know I am going to be shot down in flames but....horses cut up your land and ruin your grass! Sorry, but always kept our girls at livery before and have always moaned at retricted grazing in wet weather etc etc but now we have our own land I am permanently wandering round a field looking at the grass, replacing divits and mumbling "bloody horses ruining my good grass" and they are my own! There is a reason why lots farmers don't let grazing to horse owners. The ground gets cut up and dock and weeds grow. If your grazing is good at least restrict the amount of land the horse has access to also bet you a pound to a penny it won't be on its own for long. Some horses don't mind but most prefer a companion. Oh and make sure they have to poo pick regularly or you will end up with long rang grass in some areas and cropped areas in others

We paid 12.50 per horse per week for grazing only down here but thats cheap.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45669
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun May 07, 06 7:07 pm Post subject:

nickhowe wrote:

I can make a speshal trip for speshal trees.

No specials now, got some Italian Alders and an assortment of hawthorn and rambling roses I think.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun May 07, 06 7:12 pm Post subject:

nickhowe wrote:

Alpacas? Bah, can't see the point. I reckon they're like ostrich. Someone said they're a good idea, but they're not really.

Funny, that's more or less how I feel about horses!

(they are reputedly fox detterants, though......)

nickhowe wrote:

What I really need now is something small and tractor shaped...

Shire? dexters sound tastiest though!

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sun May 07, 06 8:45 pm Post subject:

PS Nick I agree with Debbie - and I am also a horse owner. They are the devil for rubbing down fences as well but are good at keeping blackthorn from overunning and spreading. However on the plus side horses and cattle are a good combination for keeping meadow as meadow - horses are picky eaters and like the short stuff - cattle the long and they are a good combination for keeping worm burdens (in each other) low. I am always on the lookout for a lone cow needing short term grazing (they don't exist being herd animals like horses)

I have an 8hh horse (thank to my mother and daughter

) who will one day earn her keep by pulling a harrow

Just hoping to find harness small enough (and cheap enough) so forget the shire who would cost a fortune to feed

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gil
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Posted: Sun May 07, 06 8:48 pm Post subject:
Apparently horses and sheep don't like being grazed together (and sheep like the short grass too, so they'd be competing).

Cathryn

Joined: 16 Jul 2005
Posts: 19856
Location: Ceredigion

Posted: Sun May 07, 06 8:50 pm Post subject:
They will graze together but too much competition for the grass. Also the shepherd tends to panic when he sees horses careering around amongst his precious ewes

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Mon May 08, 06 10:41 am Post subject:

nickhowe wrote:

We have some friends (who bid unsuccessfully on another field) who wish to graze a horse on it asap. He's a traditional builder

Some horse! Are they going top breed from him? Always a shortage of good builders... But hos does he do it with the hooves?

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Mon May 08, 06 11:09 am Post subject:

mochyn wrote:

nickhowe wrote:

We have some friends (who bid unsuccessfully on another field) who wish to graze a horse on it asap. He's a traditional builder

Some horse! Are they going top breed from him? Always a shortage of good builders... But hos does he do it with the hooves?

That's nothing, I saw a horse drawn carriage the other day, naturally the sketch was on a very large sheet of paper but it looked very lifelike.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon May 08, 06 11:15 am Post subject:
Does anyone else have days when they wonder why they come here?

mochyn

Joined: 21 Dec 2004
Posts: 24585
Location: mid-Wales

Posted: Mon May 08, 06 11:15 am Post subject:

Andy B

Joined: 12 Jan 2005
Posts: 3920
Location: Brum

Posted: Mon May 08, 06 12:12 pm Post subject:
Wild flower meadow.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon May 08, 06 1:14 pm Post subject:
Or, alternatively, I could build one of these...

Treacodactyl
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Posted: Mon May 08, 06 1:22 pm Post subject:

nickhowe wrote:

Or, alternatively, I could build one of these...

...or your horse could.

sean
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: North Devon

Posted: Mon May 08, 06 1:39 pm Post subject:
You'll need a lot of light bulbs to illuminate the interior, and presumably you'll want to floodlight the outside for the benefit of your neighbours. I think there's a recent thread about light bulbs somewhere on this forum....

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon May 08, 06 1:43 pm Post subject:

tahir wrote:

How many bbs members does it take to change a lightbulb?

1 to change the light bulb and to post that the light bulb has been changed

14 to share similar experiences of changing light bulbs and how the light bulb could have been changed differently

4 to caution about the dangers of changing light bulbs

1 to move it to the Off Topic folder

2 to argue about moving it to the Off Topic folder

1 to point out spelling/grammar errors in posts about changing light bulbs

15 to flame the spell checker poster

6 to argue over whether it's "lightbulb" or "light bulb" ...
... another 6 to condemn those 6 as being stupid

12 to claim they know which light bulb is best

2 to claim the cheaper but weaker OEM bulb is just fine

1 to claim all bulbs are the same

2 industry professionals to inform the group that the proper term is "lamp"

15 know-it-alls who claim they were in the industry, and that "light bulb" is perfectly correct

3 to claim that for the last 60 years and they've never ever had an
electrician change a bulb for them.

19 to post that this forum is not about light bulbs and to please take this discussion to a lightbulb forum

11 to defend the posting to this forum saying that we all use light bulbs and therefore the posts are relevant to this forum

36 to debate which method of changing light bulbs is superior, where to buy the best light bulbs, what brand of light bulbs work best for this technique and what brands are faulty

7 to post URL's where one can see examples of different light bulbs

4 to post that the URL's were posted incorrectly and then post the corrected URL's

3 to post about links they found from the URL's that are relevant to this group which makes light bulbs relevant to this group

13 to link all posts to date, quote them in their entirety including all
headers and signatures, and add "Me too"

5 to post to the group that they will no longer post because they cannot handle the light bulb controversy

4 to say "didn't we go through this already a short time ago?"

13 to say "do a Google search on light bulbs before posting questions about light bulbs"

2 to start a discussion about how the President of the USA started all this somehow with his failed economic plan.

3 to defend the President and his actions to save us from terrorism

3 say it's Jane Fonda's fault

2 to say Jane was just a kid and didn't know what she was doing

1 to post to the moderators to delete the entire thread

3 to praise the guy that wants the thread deleted

5 to start humorous posts to calm down everybody

3 to start a philosophical discussion including bible verses

1 to remind us of our 1st amendment rights

1 to start posting pornographic Jpegs

1 forum lurker to respond to the original post 6 months from now and start it all over again.

Do you mean this? (are we inventing the viral forum post?)

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