anyone need any nice used horse shoes?
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Anyone use composted horse manure?
Comments (20)Here's my input to this interesting subject. On my mother's garden, we used only composted horse manure. By composted I mean the horse manure that had been on the bottom of the manure pile for at least a couple of years. The horses were boarded by us for their owners, we rented out the stable space and did all the upkeep. We used oat straw for bedding, the resulting manure, after several years was dark brown and powerful. The horses were "out to pasture" all summer and winter, except early spring after the frost was out of the ground. They could do a lot of damage to the turf if not kept off the pasture when it was soggy. We suplimented the pasture with hay that was bought where ever we could get it, it often was NOT the best quality. When hauled to the garden, then tilled deeply into the black loam we had, it would sometimes be too much fertilizer.I planted jalapeño peppers in that soil, huge plants with minimal yield. But growing onions in that resulted in some huge ones! I never noticed any excess weeds, more than normal. I think the secret to my success was getting the manure from the bottom of the pile resulted in the weed seeds being killed by the heat of decomposition. Frequently steam could be noticed coming out of the pile in colder weather! Sadly, that was 20 years ago, the folks are gone, so is the land. I'm stuck using a community garden now....See MoreHow Are You Storing Your Shoes? Any Pics???
Comments (18)Ok so now i don't feel so bad. My good shoes are either in clear or the cardboard shoe boxes that they came in..labelled..planned on photos to label them..but haven't gotten to it.. I am a person that seldom..if ever..wears a dress..although i have lots of beautiful dressy dresses and shoes..they seldome get worn..so the beautiful dress shoes are in the boxes..as well as some of my summer sandles. I have cubbies for my other shoes..mostly garden shoes..and walking shoes..and running shoes..and sandles..and a few slippers and flippy floppies..which i hate. they are in cubbies and the few i wear daily are generally around the house. boots are on a shelf on the floor of my coat closet...See MoreFootSmart? any one order? also Angies list, anyone use it?
Comments (9)If your town or city has anything like a home and garden show, the folks from Angie's List usually are there, and the price to join is much lower at the show than if you just Google'd it and joined that way (the membership renewal prices are lower at the shows, too). Yes, it costs to go to the shows, but usually there are newspaper and Groupon-type coupons available. I've ordered from Footsmart before; they're OK. I also order from Zappos -- just compare prices. Some items I've seen on Zappos were more expensive than other places even once you factor in shipping (I believe that Zappos' prices are slightly higher here and there because of that)....See MoreDoes anyone ride/show horses Western?
Comments (21)Buyorsell, I just looked at your location. I think some different ideas would be helpful. We sponsored 9 horse shows a year for about 20 years. Some were local 4-H shows, some were larger shows for our saddle club, and one for a regional (Northeast Kansas) circuit. Over time our shows became to be regarded by trainers and other folks as a stepping stone process by which advancement in riding ability could be guaged. If the person placed well in the 4-H sponsored shows(the show classes were basically the same in all three types of shows---but the level of expertise increased) they would then attend our club sponsored shows. Doing well th=ere indicated an advance ment to the circuit shows was the next step. From the circuit shows, people often advanced to AQHA show---the big time. We had a rather loyal following who attended all the shows---for fun, companionship and practice. Trainers loved our shows for training young horses---our arena was 300 feet long and 120 feet wide. Now, as to clothing. It depends on the class and how the rider wants to dress. A simple long sleeved western shirt, tie, western hat, jeans, and boots will be just fine for Horsemanship classes when you want to find out how well you ride. Reason for that is simple---a judge has seen hundreds or thousands of riders dressed in fancy clothes and plain clothes---and should be looking at the judging points and not the garb of the rider. A good rider in plain clothes will be much more noticeable than an average rider in fancy clothes. Example---one of our sons was required to enter a Horsemanship class he did not like. He did not do his best riding and the judge chewed him out(This was a schooling show and we asked our judges to comment on how the riders did so they had some good feedback). That judge had a particular riding style he wanted to see---so when our son went into the next class, he rode with that riding style on the side of his body facing the judge---meaning he changed sides with the ring direction. He placed in that class and got a kudo from the judge.(Our sons were quite experienced showmen by then, however) As you get experience, you will see what the local trends are and it will be easier to 'fit in'. Oh, one more story. We put on a circuit show----our shows often started at 8AM and did not end until 8PM---and had a fellow show up to show in a Pleasure Class.(80% point on the horse) Circuit members often has $20,000 horses, $5,000 saddles, and dressed in chaps and vests along with the shirts and such. This fellow had well used chaps, a well maintained by used saddle, scuffed boots, a plain Western shirt and hat. He won the class( about 30 horses in that class, as I recall)---and almost every circuit member was impressed with him and the horse. So, learn what you need to know to ride well and don't worry about clothes yet....See Moresparks_outcastworld_com
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