Love, bubs and life on our little farm

Its been over 3 years that we have had our horses and owned this farm. So its time for some pics of course!

First of is Sam - our rescue horse. He is a ex-racehorse that was locked up and starved and then sent to the sales for the meatworks. He was bought by a lovely lady who saves horses and she passed him onto me when I rang enquiring about another horse she had. He ticked a lot of boxes for me - I wanted to save a horse as a companion for my competition horse and he is 17hh - very tall and lanky, great for showjumping and also good for Jase to ride who is 6ft. When we floated him home, we were worried he was too weak to stand up for the 50min drive.

Note the sunken neck and rump and the exposed ribs. Poor boy.

After three years of hay, hard feed, paddocks and dentist appointments, he is now a lovely big healthy boy who is still gentle. He has a lovely shiny coat now and a nice big muscly neck, officially a successful rescue case! I have lots of plans for competing him but the babies are currently slowing me down - in a few years time I hope to get him going in some cross country events.


The other before and afters I have are from our "Rainforest Garden" - when we moved in this house basically had NO gardens literally. We have spent the last three years establishing gardens throughout the property - no mean feat with such a large yard around your house! One of these garden areas we planned was a sprawling rainforest garden which will eventually have large trees and a waterfall and pond (once the little ones are older and can be trusted with a pond). Jase has already built the waterfall face though.

This is what we started with - this photo was taken by the real estate agent for the sale.





And this is what we have now - a long way to go but we are so pleased with how it is looking - we are getting layers of lush plants and lovely shade and screening now.