Barns and Holiday Decorations: Doing Festive Safely
For many horse lovers, their horses are members of their families. Given how much time equine owners spend in their barns, it’s not hard to understand why some view their horse barns as simply an extension of their family’s living space. During this time of year when holiday decorations abound, horse and pony enthusiasts must answer the age-old holiday question: to decorate or not to decorate the barn?
MDBarnmaster Makes Quick Work of Winterizing Parelli's Colorado Campus with a Performance Barn for Pat Parelli
When Parelli Natural Horsemanship closed their Florida campus, deciding to consolidate operations in Colorado year round, Pat and Linda Parelli were faced with an intriguing challenge. How do you provide comfortable accommodations for high end performance horses on the brink of an aggressive World Tour in one of the snowiest climates in the United States... in less than 8 weeks?
A stable aisle is a driveway, foyer and living room all in one. Because a stable aisle has busy traffic and multiple uses, a badly designed or poorly maintained aisle can be annoying and even dangerous. Whether you’re designing new barn plans or improving an existing setup, consider the following aspects of aisle-way safety as you plan:
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The Evolution of Barns
From the days when Thomas Jefferson envisioned the new republic as a nation dependent on citizen farmers for its stability and its freedom, the family farm has been a vital image in the American consciousness.
As the main structures of farms, barns evoke a sense of tradition and security, and communicate closeness to the land and community by the people who built them.
