Applegarth Farm: girls and horses

Thursday, June 30, 2011

girls and horses

Do all girls love horses? I remember being 10 and 11, and wanting a horse more than anything. My parents sent my sister and I to a horse camp in Alabama, where we got to have our own horse for a week. It was so much fun, I remember the happiness of riding and being with my horse I had for a week. My daughter Kaley loved the horses where we went to get our Nigerian doe. You can tell the horses loved the attention she gave them too.

2 comments:

Karen (Back Road Journal) said...: I don't know what it is about girls and horses. I read every horse theme book there was when I was young. My dream came true when my parents bought a ranch and I had a horse of my own.; July 4, 2011 at 2:39 PM
Jewel said...: Hi Karen, Thanks for reading and commenting. I went and checked out your blog, great stuff I look forward to reading more. How lucky for you to have gotten the dream of your own horse as a young girl.; July 10, 2011 at 8:54 AM

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Our goal here at Applegarth Farm is to raise children that play in the woods and gardens, and know where their food comes from. To feed the animals and care for their young, to gather eggs, and milk goats, to eat fruit off of trees, and berries from the bushes that we grow, and to eat from the gardens. We are working towards, and teaching them to be as self sufficient as best we can.

With the economy in the state it is, our plan has become even more important. Being able to live on less is one of our goals. Working from home, or close to home is another goal, and growing and harvesting most of our food is a big goal we've been working towards.

We live in a handbuilt home, our heat comes from the firewood we cut, and cooking is often done right on our woodstove. We grow a lot of our own food, and are building our home slowly with cash for materials, and the time to work on it. All of the buildings have been built over the years by my husband from trees grown and milled right on our farm, or from salvaged lumber.

The beginning years started here with no electricity or running water, and were lived in a small cabin, slowy building and clearing land. We are still trying to live as self sufficiently as we can. I am a homemaker and work part time in the nursery (plants and trees) business. We are raising children, tending animals, gardening and cooking from scratch.

Some of the topics you will hear about are; gardening, cooking, beekeeping, chickens, rabbits, building and timberframing. Along with some of my adventures in soapmaking, candlemaking, animal husbandry, plus the everyday of what's going on around the farm. Future building projects include a goat barn, a root cellar, and a pizza/bread wood fired oven. Come learn along with us, and share homesteading skills you are learning. I'm looking forward to meeting others that share a similar path that we're on, or simply others who dream of homesteading.