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Sooooooo the state of Florida approved our non-profit, the IRS approved our corporation and issued the EIN, our Resale Certificate from Department of Revenue is on it way and we received word that the 501(c)3 status should be approved soon! "Windsor Animal Sanctuary and Agricultural Education...

And this is why I can't get work done!

Congratulations! There are 20 to 30 minis a few miles from us that are full time on grass. Mine was on full-time grass until we just moved but will be again as soon as I get more fencing done.. Now it's free access to hay, some grazing and a few cups of grain in the morning. Always had good vet...

We added 10 more chicks last night so up to 26! The property used to be a walk through Christmas display that coved about 5 acres. This was the elves workshop that will be relocated for the hen house. The chickens are for eggs for our farmers market that we are building and mature/bug control also.

So 16 chicks were added today! Better build a hen house!

It's official! River Bend Ranch Florida has its own address!

It's been a busy few weeks! After months of paperwork and negotiations we finally received our Agricultural zoning and exemption! We have a verbal agreement (waiting on paperwork from attorney) to purchase an additional 2.8 acres that was part of the original property but divided off in 1894 and...

There is lot of cleaning to do but sometimes you need a "little" help!

The best thing I have used for a feed room in a 6x12 enclosed trailer. The front half is feed, tack and medical supplies and the back half is hay. I just hook it up,go to the feed store and have them load it. When I rotate pastures I just move the trailer close to the gate. The trailer is 1/2...

Got a new shed for feed and office! Foud saddle bags at a thrift store for $4! Now I can put them to work.

Soon we will have a RV site with 50/30 amp service, sewer and wifi! The site will include a 1/3 acre turnout with an 8x16 shelter.

So our ferrier is also an archeologist who has dug all over the US and Central/South America. While we dig for utilities, footers and slabs we are looking for artifacts. Today we found a fire pit from about 500AD, a spring fed river and some flakes and arrow heads from about 2500BC. Not far from...

Well we got more good news today! Even though we have 18 acres we were zoned residential. Tuesday we filed the paperwork providing evidence of Agricultural use and today the inspector did a site visit and approved our Agricultural zoning and exemption for our farm, (3 days from application to...

Happy!

Waited until dark, an open stock trailer, backed up to a hill, backfield with dirt, covered in shavings, and load him backwards! He was loaded in 20 minutes Yazhi and River are home with Butterscotch!

Our mini was a $580 rescue from Craigslist. He was 6 months old, living in a small dog enclosure and fed 2 cups of alfalfa a day. Our mini donkey was abandoned on a property that was for sale because they couldn't get him in a trailer. Out OTTB was going to be put down because a ferrier's...

So 6 hours, heavy sedation and 3 professional horse trainers we were unable to load our thoroughbred in the trailer. He was in a severe trailer accident a few years before we got him and has equine ptsd. Our mini would jump in and out of the trailer but we had to leave them at the old house...

Our Butterscotch made it today! The horses in the morning!