Opening the little pasture

The night before Bruce left to fly to San Antonio, we decided to open up the little pasture for the mares.  Every Spring, we close off 2 of our fields. The big pasture is 4 acres, and the little one is only 1 acre. We keep the mares off them to enable the vegetation to grow, and re-seed, AND to keep Journey from foundering on the hot (nitrogen rich) young grass. Some time after the 4th of July, the fields are usually ready for the horses again.

We start by taking down the electric fence to open up the smaller pasture.

The mares never challenge the one strand of electric wire, but you can see that they graze right up to it! ;)  We feed pretty much year round, because the pasture they're in is pretty dismal.

As soon as they see us in their territory, they decide to come investigate. Maybe one of us has a horse cookie! ;)

 

Always, Journey in the lead- Maggie, pretty much attached to her hip, and Wynter following behind.

  

 

Journey and Magick see the electric wire in Bruce's hand, so they decide not to come any closer, even though there was no longer anything keeping them from going into the field!

 

But Wynter was brave! and cautiously stretched out her head, and took the first step into Horse Heaven!

After that, it didn't take Journey or Maggie long before they, too, ventured out into the field.

 

 With grass up to their bellies, it had to seem like a dream-come-true!

The pasture is so thick, I won't have to feed for several weeks which is a mixed blessing.

I always miss them when we open up the fields. *sighs*  

But they sure are happy... and so incredibly beautiful!