Today was the first day that we could use the wonderful contribution of this Kubota hauling and dumping mobile. This wonderful contribution from Oliver and Linda Brickhouse sped up this spring's work to expand and replenish our huglekulture mounds efficiently and at a much higher level than our past efforts of moving everything by hand.
We use no poison in our program. We practice microbial pasture development and worm farming. Our vermicompost is a vital element in the mounds that are built from organic material with a heavy emphasis on compost and wood from our forest. We cut fresh logs, load and move them to the mounds, unload them, and go pick up a load of primarily organic soil created from trampled round bale residue. That residue goes onto the mounds which will be capped off with a few inches of topsoil prior to planting.
Rain disrupted outside activities but still today we were able to put a Corolla mare in with a stallion for breeding, discuss applications of Marcus Aurelius' "Meditations", to life in this century, and have a session on local black history. We wrapped up planning for tomorrow's Heritage Sheep Shearing event. We hope to have a lot of local guests out to learn about heritage sheep, shearing and wool production, and colonial livestock management.
We might even sell a goat or two.
There is no learning experience out there like the Mill Swamp Indian Horses home school program. And we have room for even more families in the weekly sessions which run from 9-2.
And the cost for the homeschool program is only$100.00 per family, per month. To register your family please send an email to msindianhorses@aol.com