Blog Posts
A Horse’s Digestive System: The Basics
I hate it when my horse is in pain or isn’t feeling well! She is genuinely one of my best friends; I’d be lost without her. To keep her from suffering, I always try my best to make sure she’s in perfect health. Regular exercise is a must; trotting, cantering, lead...
October Isn’t Just for Pumpkins This Year
There are many things we get excited about in October: the change of color, falling leaves, mini candy bars and pumpkins. This year we have something new to add to our list, The Best Horse Practices Summit (BHPS) at Pineland Farms in New Gloucester. We sponsored the...
Soil pH Part 2: Soil Sampling Advice from UMaine Scientist Bruce Hoskins
Testing your soil this season after reading What’s Your Soil pH? Lucerne Farms asked Bruce Hoskins, a scientist at the University of Maine Soil Testing Lab, about the best approach to testing soil and what to keep in mind when making corrections. Thanks, Bruce,...
Keep A Cool Coop This Summer
Top High Temp Tips for Your Chickens Here in the Northeast, chicken owners devote more of their time keeping the coop warm in extreme temps than keeping it cool. But July and August heat waves can mean putting cool coop management skills to work. Heat affects...
How to Take Care of Baby Chicks at Home
There’s no better feeling than holding an adorable baby chick in your hands for the first time. Baby chicks are precious, bringing so much light and love into the world. If you want to be around that positivity all the time, you should consider raising baby chicks at...
Fall Guide to Fairs & Shows
For Chicken Farmers (& Lovers) It’s the perfect place to experience the world of exotic chicken breeds, easy keepers, and large and small fowl in one festive place this fall — your local county or agricultural fair. If chickens have your heart or you have an...
What’s Your Soil pH?
Fall Is the Perfect Time For Soil Testing So much goes in to having a successful garden that when flowers and vegetables are less than stellar it can be crushing. Growth takes sun, water and soil, so a tough growing year means its time to scrutinize each leg of...
Top Tips for Helping Your Horse Beat the Heat
For horses, summer brings a welcome change of pace. Perhaps it means extra time outside the stall, more physical activity, or for some, travel. It also means high heat and extended time in the sun. It’s important our horses remain comfortable and healthy when the...
Tips for Choosing the Best Horse Hay
As horse owners, it’s impossible to imagine a life without our equine BFFs. They consume our hearts with their warm breath and giant capacity to love. We drive ourselves mad trying to give them the best of everything. However, before you set your sites on the hippest...
Chopped! Why A Fiber-First Diet of Chopped Hay Helps Horses
For owners, providing an environment that values a horse’s natural tendency to graze is the standard. Mimicking a grazing environment, with plenty of busy chewing conducted over time, provides the horse with physical and psychological health benefits. Chopped hay that...
Research on Equine Pain
Ongoing Studies Help Vets & Owners Listen to Their Horses “He is a very sweet horse,” said Erin Smith about her horse Guthrie in a Lucerne Farms Blog post about spinal manipulation. “but I can always tell when he is hurting.” Smith said Guthrie would drool when...
Mid-Summer Mulching
Get Gardening Maintenance on the Calendar The fireworks have felled their giant canopies and silenced, and no matter your planting zone, we are all deep into the sweet pulpy center of summer. We see you – gardening gloves off, kicking back with an everything-burger,...