Walking/Hiking with our minis and ponies - Mile Tracker!

[Kelly]

Yep, I do the same. My horses are not allowed to snatch at the grass until I give them their cue, which is me pointing at the grass.


When I was riding I would scratch withers to let my horse know he could have some grass. Some people I rode with would whistle when they wanted their horse to pee

 

[kimbalina]

I think I should start incorporating a ‘you can graze’ signal into our lexicon... We just moved Apaché to the paddock/back yard. He is so fat right now! Damn all this rain making the grass grow like crazy! No more grass my cute little fat burger!

 

[Marn4]

Ok I just found this thread but would love to join I need to start tracking today, just downloaded the strava app so will be trying that out.. Love these threads! Nice job everyone

 

[Cayuse]

Welcome Marn4!

1/4 mile for Peanut and for Oatie.

 

[MaryFlora]

Welcome Marn4! Please do join! As you can tell it is highly individual with no formal rules, just be safe and have fun!

I love this activity, the interaction with others, and the motivation to get out and walk! Last year I know we walked more than previous summers because of this thread, and this year started walking sooner. Our weather the past couple of weeks, however, has been wet, windy, snowy, and cold. The high today is 27 with a stiff wind and a feels like of 14….phooey!

Added bonus- a place to whine!

 

[MaryFlora]

April 16: What a difference a day makes! Sunny, blue skies, chilly but good walking weather.

Tinker and Maddie: 1/2 mile over frozen prairie and one tiny little gully stream.

 

[Cayuse]

1/3 mile for Peanut, cold and windy.

 

[Marsha Cassada]

Two miles with neighbor. She led Midnight and I had Dapper Dan. Wind moderated a little so we went for it. Checked out the new utility poles going up nearby and progress of gardens. Averted our eyes from the drought-stricken wheat. Insurance will not total the crop if it can make 10 bushels per acre--which does not cover the cost of production.

 

[Cayuse]

Between fertilizer costs and weather it's going to be a rough year for farmers I think. 10 bushels an acre seems like nothing to me but I have never farmed, what does an acre usually yield?

Two miles with neighbor. She led Midnight and I had Dapper Dan. Wind moderated a little so we went for it. Checked out the new utility poles going up nearby and progress of gardens. Averted our eyes from the drought-stricken wheat. Insurance will not total the crop if it can make 10 bushels per acre--which does not cover the cost of production.

 

[Marsha Cassada]

Between fertilizer costs and weather it's going to be a rough year for farmers I think. 10 bushels an acre seems like nothing to me but I have never farmed, what does an acre usually yield?

A super harvest would be 50-60 bushels for wheat. Just bare profit would be 25. Some farmers here have already plowed it up. Our ponds are all dry.

 

[MaryFlora]

April 24: This past week has been a wet one but grabbed 1/4 mile with Tinker today between the rain showers.

I hate writing that knowing how many places are hurting for any moisture and wish it were possible to push it where needed most.

 

[Marsha Cassada]

April 24: This past week has been a wet one but grabbed 1/4 mile with Tinker today between the rain showers.

I hate writing that knowing how many places are hurting for any moisture and wish it were possible to push it where needed most.

Lovely to think of you and Tinker on a brisk walk between April showers.

 

[MaryFlora]

Thank you, Marsha!

April 25: 1/2 mile walk with DD and Tinker together.

They did great on this gray and cold day. It is 30 degrees with stiff NW wind making the “feels like” 20 degrees. Tomorrow will be colder.

 

[MaryFlora]

April 27: Tinker and DD. 1/2 mile together.

Sunny and blue skies but still chilly at 38 degrees. The sandhill cranes were calling and “yodeling” like crazy, great to hear.

 

[HersheyMint]

4/27
30" with Mint

 

[Kelly]

Go HM! Congrats on your 30 inch walk with Mint

 

[MaryFlora]

That’s ok, HersheyMint, sometimes 30” is exactly like a mile!

 

[HersheyMint]

Kelly and MF,
Thanks for the laughs. It was one of those days. Hard to get 30 inches in

 

[Silver City Heritage Farmstead]

You must have been using a paper map, HersheyMint! How many inches make a mile on the map's legend? Since you're from Southern CA, are you now close to me in NC? If so, feel free to swing by for a visit.

 

[HersheyMint]

You must have been using a paper map, HersheyMint! How many inches make a mile on the map's legend? Since you're from Southern CA, are you now close to me in NC? If so, feel free to swing by for a visit.

I would love to stop by and see you. Keep the barn door open for me