Well, the blog has been a little quiet. Time is the biggest reason. Sorry to those that follow it. Anyway, lots of new posts coming soon. We have some very exciting news. Stone Circle Livery is expanding and we have purchased a further 18 acres. You can see it here in these pictures.
Some of you will know that we have created a few new paddocks and taken that grazing out of hay production. It is being used for horses and sheep. This means we have had to create new hay crop. All of this takes time - lots of time. The new ground has to be fenced, then we have to seed it. Paul is very excited about doing a hedgerow transplant. Instead of a garden fork he has a JCB! No one knows what the result will be but if it works it will be amazing.
After planting the organic grass seed the ground will be put in to organic conversion for land and forage and that will take two years. The wider open areas mean we can run a herd of horses for those owners and horses that are comfortable with that. For those that aren't there are plenty of new individual paddocks.
Some of the Stone Circle Liveries are doing well and the rosettes are building up. We didn't think of where to put them when we built the yard so thinking caps on as to where they might go? As Kent's environment business of the year we are looking forward to passing on the honour to another company at this years awards. It promises to be a great night on the 22nd September with Kent's leading environmental businesses celebrating the good work that they do. Port Lympne is the venue and it is a black tie event. Posh frocks at the ready!!!
The organic hay is all in and amazingly even with the strange weather the quality is excellent - probably the best we have ever had. We are about to restore another pond. This has been done in consultation with Kent Wildlife Trust. You'll see the progress here. We have a rabbit problem. We like rabbits but there are quite a few of them now. 6 rabbits eat the same as one sheep. So a plan is being hatched on what to do?
This year has been the busiest year we have faced. We are pleased that the yard continues to be a leading light in the equestrian world and we thank our dedicated customers and their horses. Stone Circle Livery will be talking at the Blenheim Palace lectures on the 3rd March 2010. So if you are there we'll see you.For those that like to Tweet you can follow the adventures of Jerry Organichorse and friends by going to www.twitter.com
The nights are getting dark and no one likes that but it does give us the evenings to plan and think and that has to be a good thing. Happy autumn from all at Stone Circle Livery.
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