Lawn Mower Take 2

The herd is hungry AND we’ve been getting ready to winterize the lawn mowers (yes, Southern California…’winterizing’ really is a thing).  We see long grass and think one thought, ‘how can we get the hungry herd to the growing grass?  The last time we tried to use one of the horses as a lawn mower, it didn’t go well.  However, now we have a small, hungry little horse and a dog yard full of juicy green grass to eat.  Peppa was a happy little girl spending her day in the dog yard and the dogs did not mind having her at all.Normally, looking out the window and seeing this site, would cause a LOT of running around and shouting those words no one wants to hear…”THE COWS ARE OUT!”However, we’d spent the morning moving the herd behind the house to mow down the grass, fill their belly’s and do a bit of fertilizing as well.  We installed a temporary electric fence to keep them out of trouble and then moved them in.  Agnes and the big horses took to the grass in a blink of an eye.  Elsie on the other hand is not playing with a full deck and took the longest time to move into the grass filled area.  She stood at the gate’s opening for 15 minutes while the rest of the herd was eating away.Even Bob left his best friend to gorge on fresh grass….Eventually, everyone was in…grazing on long green grass…mowing it down and saving us one more day of hay.