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  • July 29, 2010 at 11:50 am #41861
    Donn Hewes
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    Leo was given to me on a trial basis from some good friends of mine. He is about five years old and they bought him at an auction as a yearling. They have ground driven him a few times and maybe pulled a tire a little. I think he will be fine. Yesterday I drove him single and double and let him check out the mowing machine while George and Connie were clipping.

    July 29, 2010 at 1:38 pm #61496
    Marshall
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    Very nice. I would eventually like to find a pair of Leo’s.

    August 2, 2010 at 1:51 am #61502
    Hoss
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    Donn,
    Are you still working Connie in an open bridle? I can’t tell on the picture.

    August 2, 2010 at 11:30 am #61497
    Does’ Leap
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    Donn:

    Good luck with him. He looks huge (or maybe just the perspective in the picture?). How tall is he?

    George

    August 3, 2010 at 1:04 am #61498
    Donn Hewes
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    Hi Hoss, Yes, Connie has been open faced since I got her; about a year and a half. I like the open faced horse, but she is one of the first horses I have had that never for a moment questioned it. Leo has been started open faced, but in the early stages he seems a little too attentive to what I am doing back there. A little of that is to be expected, but time will tell if he stays with out blinders.

    George, he is not really a big horse, probably 16-1 or 2 and 1600#. After only a couple days I am pleased with what he is doing. I will have to control myself to not push him to work too quick.

    August 5, 2010 at 10:55 am #61503
    Ed Thayer
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    Nice looking horse Don.

    He does look tall in the pic. Good luck with him. Will you bail the clippings or just do it for pasture management?

    Ed

    August 5, 2010 at 3:28 pm #61501
    near horse
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    Hi Donn,

    So are you keeping Leo or do your friends want him back ….? He looks pretty mellow in the mower picture. AND – please tell me that was taken in May/June not recently. That much green grass this late in the summer just isn’t fair! I guess you all pay for it with humidity but dang, that sure looks nice.

    August 5, 2010 at 5:17 pm #61499
    Donn Hewes
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    Hi Geoff, yes those were last weeks pictures! Not sure what we will do with Leo. I think I could probably buy him if I wanted to, but they are not really trying to sell him. I think it is just a deal between friends, I will work with him for a while and see what comes of it. I have a few bigger logs for Leo today and I will hook him up with George for a team mate. He was skidding a few logs single yesterday. I think he had that, ” were did this guy come from?” moment yesterday.

    I never bale clippings any more. I am a clipping fanatic. No matter how heavy it is good stuff grows up through it. In dry weather it is a mulch that conserves moisture. In rainy weather it protects the soil from erosion and slows the run off. Like mowing a green cover crop in a market garden, it is getting the plant residue down to the soil level were microbes can go to work incorporating it.

    August 10, 2010 at 1:28 am #61500
    Donn Hewes
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    Today was Leo’s first day with a tongue and a wheeled cart. He is pretty mellow, so we just took a couple extra precuations and hooked him up. Used a halter and a lead rope then just had a handler stand by. After a few minutes we hung up the rope and went for a little ride. There are a few pictures here, but the camara went dead half wat through.

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