We use our horse-drawn bale moving wagon regularly on the ranch to move bales! We purchased the wagon as seen here. It was made by the seller, who assembled components to make a very useable and maneuverable wagon. It has Gehl running gear and is shortened to a 10-foot bed …
Winter, our quiet time, is a time we use to keep our horses tuned up, and ready to work as instructors in our Montana Workhorse Workshops. We have had snow here at home since mid-December so we get to put the horses on sleds and sleighs, and in some cases, change …
For Doc and me, plowing with horse-drawn walking plows is a favorite activity. We both enjoy plowing with one, two, or three horses hitched to a walking plow. The sounds, the smell, the feeling of holding the handles, and working with the soils … it is all part of it …
What a great Workshop! Not only were we able to work through our typical hands-on activities with our human students, but we also had the opportunity to help our new horses learn to accept a piece of noisy equipment while working on our hay at the same time. We had hay down in …
Tom Triplett, (Doc’s mentor and step-father) along with his wife Betty, cared for Jay Jay, Cathy’s Welsh pony, for the last 2 years. We all thought he would be a good cart driving partner for Tom. Jay Jay enjoyed life with two standard Donkeys, and being cared for by Tom and …
May 5, 2011 We are having a very normal Rocky Mountain Spring time this year; We woke three days in a row last week to new snow! Here is a view we walk past on our way to the barn. This photo shows Ten Lakes Farm www.tenlakesfarm.com, the organic market garden …
Here is a video of Doc plowing snow in Montana with Belgian mares, Molly and Dolly. What are you doing with your horses this winter? Please send us photos and stories that we could consider posting on our blog…
From Walt Barnard Hello. Here is a brief description of how we introduced a particular horse to some new implements. The horse, Belle, is a Suffolk and there are some earlier posts about her training on this blog. Anyway, Kris and I had been working her up to actually pulling …
After a week of rain we were blessed with a wonderful weekend of clear weather. Harley and I wanted to take advantage of that, so on Saturday we harnessed Tom and Charlie. They are half brother Belgians, 8 years old. They worked one season on an Amish farm before Harley …
