MACALLA FARM BLOG
Kids and Ponies, how (not) to get your kids riding
Ciara and I looked at one another worriedly as Suzy cantered out of sight with Maude, our six year old daughter, on her back. Uh oh, I thought, that wasn’t really the plan… Things had been going well so far. Maude looked perfectly in control as she walked and trotted...
Milking Sheep
Over the last number of years we have embarked on many a project to help build (to use the word favoured by Rob Hopkins and his Transition movement) resilience. And while some of these experiments have had dubious results, our foray into milking sheep has been a...
Natural Hoof Care for Horse Owners
A review of our first barefoot trimming workshop Island life has a way of fostering self-sufficiency. For me, self-sufficiency in hoof care started on a windy winter morning, when our farrier rang from the harbour on the mainland, saying that, no, he wasn’t coming out...