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It is crucial for an equine entrepreneur or anyone in the horse business to maintain a steady profit flow and ensure that your business keeps running. And this applies even if you’re in the business solely because of your love for horses. And an essential part of maintaining a stable cash flow has to do…
Search engine optimisation (SEO) is a type of digital marketing strategy that helps get your website to the top of the search engine results pages. As an equine business, your customers are likely to be local, or at the very least nearby. For example, if a potential client searches for a “riding school near me”…
One thing that an equine business has in common with practically every other business in the world is that it can often be something of a risky venture. Of course, this can mean risky in the typical ways that any business is risky such as overheads, investment, and market shifts. However, there are specific…
Do you keep animals on a small holding or farm? They could be horses, sheep, goats, pigs, or cattle. Sometimes it’s easy to think that these animals have natural protection for the weather and will be fine during the colder months. They do have some protection, but like you and me they need extra layers when…
At this time of year on the blog, I usually have a load of posts scheduled for publication. Reviews of the year, books I have read, a year on the farm. Since the pandemic hit in March though, I seem to have lost my mojo for everything. On the face of it, I should have…
One of the best thing about living on a farm is that you have so much land to enjoy. Most homesteads have numerous fields which have been in the family for generations. Some of them are used for farming crops, others have livestock, but you still might have some wasted land lingering around. In which case, you…
A few years ago, an old farmer turned up in our yard. It happens from time to time. He knew my father-in-law from years ago-my husband’s Dad who passed away just after our eldest was born. I had a chat with him and he also knew my husband’s grandfather. He told me tales of drinking, farming and…
In recent years, more and more people have become infatuated with alpacas and it’s easy to see why. These gentle and curious creatures can make wonderful pets if trained and cared for correctly. Alpacas are charming, quirky, and can offer so much. If you think they look similar to llamas it’s because they come from…
Expanding your homestead is going to take quite a bit of money. After all, you’ve got a lot of things to invest in here, and it might take a while for you to really get that expansion project going. However, working out ahead of time what you can afford and when you’ll be able to…
Now, don’t get me wrong, I’m not one for wrapping kids up in cotton wool or stopping them from rolling around in the mud from time to time. Instead, I think a bit of dirt from getting out and exploring the world is a good thing. At the same time, however, my kids are very…
