I brush hogged the pastures again so they are looking good for fall. This will be the last time they get cut now. I have not even been riding since I have come back from Michigan. For some reason, Eli's left front leg below the knee still has some swelling. The area is just above his ankle. I am not riding him at all until this is totally gone. He is doing a lot of walking every day and is turned out on the big field. The last ride I did with him was a 50 mile ride but that was almost two weeks ago and he should be having any swelling in his legs after this much rest.
Then the farm had some issues. Seems the air conditioning had been off and the house was stuffy and had no air circulating. I have spent two days out there cleaning and getting all that aired out. I met with a bobcat/grading contractor and we think if the back of the house is regraded then the basement will be dry. He felt the problem was fixable which made me feel better. Then the lawn guy who I hired to cut the grass has not been cutting. Ben and I cut grass as much as we could the other night until we couldn't see any more with night coming.
I have also been meeting with contractors to fix my front porch as it is sagging forward. It needs either mud-jacking or the other option is to tear the whole front porch off and rebuild it. The option to tear the porch off and rebuild is going to be expensive. Apparently when this porch was built many years ago it did not have piers under the columns to support the porch. Over time the concrete has shifted. I think the mud-jacking may fix the problem.
I plan to ride tomorrow and will take Ginger and pony Madison alongside. That way they both get exercise.
Nancy
