| Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption |
| Cho-ku-ri |
Pony DownsizeJust to keep you informed, that our two ponies were not getting on well together, so we took the decision to 'downsize' and have sold our driving Fell. We are now officially a one pony and trap family.This, we hope will save winter feeding costs also as feed prices have rocketed. |
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| cab |
Somehow, it doesn't seem fair that because fuel prices are up, and fertiliser prices are up, and that therefore there is more money being spent on such things going into biofuels etc. the price of feeding a pony for what is a far more sustainable form of transport has gone up!
Sorry to hear you're down to one pony, hope it does work out cheaper! |
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| Rob R |
I think it will lead to more sustainable ways of feeding, and not just ponies, I've been reading recently about integrating horses in an all season grazing plan- the author predicts more food being produced by biological means in the coming years. |
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| dpack |
please not a mule 
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| Cho-ku-ri |
On heavy clay during a Scottish wet winter? |
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| Rob R |
On the moon if prices keep rising.
Edit: self-seeded grazed oats was mentioned for Scotland, if I remember correctly. |
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| milkmaid |
i'd love to read that ,do you know where it was | ||
| Rob R |
Sure, All Flesh is Grass by Gene Logsdon. It is all encompassing, but it is written from the point of view of the 'garden' farmer.
It's certainly given me food for thought, particularly re:grazing cereals. (Also a bit in there about a farmer who used to fatten hogs on 50% grazed alfalfa) |
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| milkmaid |
thank you 
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| shadiya |
Would you recommend it? The book, I mean.... I have to try and keep my Amazon addiction under control, it's just too easy and looking for books like that is what I call "work"..... 
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| Rob R |
Definitely.
It's an American book, so not so simply applicable to UK conditions but the basic principles in there are the same, it's just the plants that different/different names for them. That said, if you want a decent book on grass fed/graziering these days you have to go with the US ones or something British must be at least 50 years old to be of great merit. We seem to have lost our enthusiasm for grass in this country these days. |
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| caths |
musn't look at the book
musn't look at the book musn't look at the book 
Damn it - I looked I want it now 
musn't buy the book musn't buy the book musn't buy the book - - - -
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| Cathryn |
Is there no British version of this?
And if there isn't, who's writing it then?
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| Rob R |
I am almost at the end but I have just learned that in the author's part of the country hawthorn is as much a weed as blackthorn is here
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| dpack |
equines do have appeal for low oil use |