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) in 12 hours is not at all unusual with low humidity. I cannot really exaggerate and claim 2,000 feet (610 meters) amounts to an Alpine climate but thinking about a move to 3,000 feet years ago and experiencing a frost on 4 July was a deal breaker .
How many ponies do you have? Would love to see a pic or 2. (I get my equine fix vicariously these days.) Burdocks are horrible little hitch-hiking pests for sure. I once read a how-to to remove burrs from manes and tails by soaking in vegetable oil, combing them out, and then of course shampooing the oil out of horse hair, but never had to resort to this. Good luck winning the battle against the evil burdock, It can be done, but it takes persistence.28 this morning at 6AM. Had to dash fast, so ponies stayed in their stalls. Nobody was itching to get outside anyway, faster to fill water buckets than to halter and lead out.
25-30MPH winds yesterday. I burned some cardboard anyway, sticks and logs caught, it smoldered for awhile, then the wind blew the fire out.
Once it warms up this week, I hope to have ALL burdock cleaned out the Inner Sanctum, then they will be able to graze their early pasture. There is only a 2 month window before the apples form there. It's only 1/4 acre, so no worry about grass founder.
The ponies will graze, I will chain open the gate to their turnout so that they can get to their water. They will graze, then leave, then back again at least 3x, then I kick them off. This will go on for 3 days before they chew it down to nubs. This grass grew up where there was gravel.
I don't worry about divits, either. It's all for their enjoyment, until the other pastures have past the "too rich" phase.
THEN, I have to mow it.
