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~The Berry Bush Saga~

~The Berry Bush Saga~

**********Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps********** CLICK HERE***Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel*** The idea of propagating blackberry bushes along the pasture’s fence line…..was a good idea….. …..it was….. …..I would’ve thought it would be easier….. …..the planting…..the regular watering…..that kind of stuff….. …..but the challenges for the poor plants surviving here…..well…..that’s another story….. I wanted the anti-social properties of thorny/berry-bearing bushes for our pasture’s perimeters….. I figured I’d begin with three different/non-hybridized/old-fashioned blackberry…

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~~~Colic~~~

~~~Colic~~~

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* CLICK HERE***Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel*** Brave………….sigh….. …..it was one of those mornings when you wake up…..look outside…..and you heart stops and drops….. I looked out my bedroom window just in time to see Brave run to a screeching stop…..and suddenly lay down…..with his nose in the dirt….. …..!@#$%^%$#@!….. …..this is NOT his normal behavior…..Not At All…..!….. In the amount of time it took me to find…

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Oh Where…..Oh Where…..?

Oh Where…..Oh Where…..?

*******Please Subscribe To My Blog…..It Really Helps******* CLICK HERE***Maybe This Link Will Get You To My Tick Tock Channel*** Florida foliage flourishes in the summer….. …..boy-oh-boy!…..that’s an understatement!….. I swear…..I only blinked….. …..and the round pen disappeared into excessively-aggressive-greenery-growth….. Poof! …..it was gone….. It’s somewhere under all of that extreme foliage & flora….. …..okay…..maybe it was a little bit longer than the blink of an eye….. …..(I’m still on one crutch thanks to Addy and her contemptible/tricksy/kick of over TWO…

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Drooling On The Couch

Drooling On The Couch

The babies are over one week old now… There are still seven of the little boogers… But, we’re still not out of the woods yet… Fey’s lost litter last February is still too raw and recent. *****Fey’s Final Litter***** (I’m a worry-wart…….I have good reason with Irish Wolfhound babies) …..consequently, I am still sleeping on the couch, right by their RubberMaid bin, right next to Willow… The other night I woke up between feedings (keep in mind, there’s not much…

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University Of Florida Botanist’s Opinion

University Of Florida Botanist’s Opinion

And around and around we go………… The weed photos were dutifully sent to U. of  F. And surprise, surprise, surprise…………. …..none of the weeds were considered poisonous to horses or livestock…………. …..well, that’s not entirely true……. Weed #5 (they believe) is from the “mallow” family. It could cause higher than normal nitrate levels in the blood…….IF the plant is stressed and then eaten………….(?) …..well…….Weed #5 didn’t look “stressed” or even nibbled on by the horses.  There were only two of…

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