15th annual Draft Horse Plow Day postponed to MOTHERSDAY :-)

Newbury Daily News

Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm in Newbury, MA  rolls out its 15th annual Draft Horse Plow Day Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the fields of the historic Little’s Lane property.

The Plow Match continues a long tradition of work horses on the farm used to prepare the soil for spring planting. In the 1880s, brothers Edward Francis Little and Daniel Noyes Little imported draft horses by rail from Iowa to Newburyport. Trained at the Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, the horses were sold to other farms and coast guard stations.

Equestrian Xmass in Germany :-)

The holiday-season is here and following the tradition to exchange greetings I would like to do so by sharing some pictures with you.

Horse Drawn Farm Equipment ?

I have been asked to post some links in regards to Horse Drawn Farm Equipment, since it seems to be not an easy task to find any.
So here are some links I think would be helpfull to anyone seriously interested in truly organic farming:

Hop on your Horse and Send me a Picture !!

Hello everybody,


Many of you follow my blog with great interest and think this is great, but what can I do ???

Well if you belong to those who always complain about not having enough time for their beloved horse, here is a proposal :-)

How about setting an example in your community ??
Hop on your horse instead of using your car..

"Soil Compaction " Beware of Big Wheels !

Due to structural and technological developments in cultivation of fields the agricultural sector has been subjected to profound changes over the last 30 years. The use of ever heavier machines left its “footprints’ on the way farmers are forced to do business these days.
We call this footprint “Soil Compaction” and it could be one of the reasons why today’s farmers are complaining about heavy losses in yields. “Soil Compaction” is one of the major problems we are dealing with in “modern technology farming”, because losses in harvest caused by this phenomenon could go all the way up to 20%.

A Few More Words About Farming With Workhorses

A few days ago I placed an article promoting farmwork with drafthorses. Sitting back, thinking about it I came to realize, that most of our readers might read this and think:

Organic without fossil fuels !!!

So he's an organic farmer and thinks he's pretty smart. He has eliminated pesticides and chemical fertilizers and thus reduced his input costs and benefited the environment. On top of that he is getting twice the price for his production at the farm gate.

But on the energy front he seems to be burning up a lot of petroleum producing this organic food and fiber.