Squirrel's Tale

25/08/2026

A few weeks in the garden have given us an interesting glimpse into just how varied a horse’s diet can be. 🌿

We tend to think of horses as grazers, but given the choice, ours have explored all levels of vegetation – nibbling, browsing, reaching, and even breaking into the 𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺-𝘶𝘯𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 vegetable garden for some sugar cane.

After a few weeks, though, cabin fever began to set in. Barriers were tested, things were dismantled, and eventually even the feed store needed protecting! 😃

We continue to take them out as much as we can, while the veld continues it's recovery. 🌱

20/08/2026

On 15 July, somebody set fire to the top veld and the winds swept the fire down the slope and over our land and houses in a searing wave.
Blessedly all the infrastructure and our horses were unharmed.

The same cannot be said for the homes of all the different little folk out there in the veld.

Our horses, meanwhile, got to hang out in the garden for a few weeks.

The “monsoon” season from some months ago is thankfully supporting us now though - the ground is still soaked wet in so many places and moisture throughout is helping the veld to recover. 🌱

15/08/2026

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01/08/2026

The obvious door may be closed but another - perhaps unexpected one - may be open...

30/07/2026

Horse Care
……..is not necessarily…….
Horse Welfare

🤔 excellent article- I thought…

What matters to horses in welfare terms is their perceived subjective experience - which humans can improve through feed, housing, and management adjustments.

05/07/2026

“3 berth” 😆 stall- apparently all just perfect when friends are helping each other mop up left over bits of breakfast 😋

Very sociable of them. 🐴

03/07/2026

After the rain, the world smells different.

New paths.
New possibilities.
A whole story written in water.
Every puddle, a portal.
Every muddy furrow, an uncharted tributary.

The great explorers of history had ships and sextants.
These ones have paws. 🐾

29/06/2026

When I let the horses out in the morning, I often spend a few quiet moments with them while they have their drink.

This little clip illustrates just a few aspects of the conversations taking place between the horses. We've highlighted some of the language of the ears, but there are many more layers of communication unfolding between them.

Watch closely… you might even begin to 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭 some of the conversation.