Andrew Likes Horses

We have some new guests in the field this week. 

The grass has grown rapidly in recent weeks. Sun + Rain = Long Grass!

It seemed a shame to waste it, and also, long grass will make planting harder in the winter. So, what to do!

The land isn't an ideal shape to have hay taken off it. The lumps and bumps that to me, give it its charm, would wreck the cutter apparently. So the next option - livestock of some description. 

Cows would need access through the bottom of the field (which would mean trashing the new westerly fence) though cows would have made short work of shortening the grass. They would likely have trashed any bits of planting we have done though. 

Sheep would have done the job well but don't tend to like longer grass - also I couldn't find anyone who had sheep locally. 

So, it ended up being horses (Horses? Horses? Andrew Likes Horses!). 

These fellows look fully grown, but , as Father Ted knows, they are actually far away! They are very young ladies, a bit shy, but lovely natured. They are slowly making progress and may be joined by others of their kind soon.