When we moved here, there was a fenced horse arena in front of the barn — a large sandy oval track with this homemade horse shoot used to practice calf roping. The area was also used at one time to practice barrel racing.
Bit by bit, Bill has been dismantling the inner fencing and repurposing fence posts. We let grass grow back in and have fruit trees planted in one section (several were lost in last month’s extreme cold but are being replanted).
After that unexpected freeze killed much of the landscaping (the prickly pear cacti became a soupy mush!), the kids piled heaps of dead sego plants into this old horse shoot to dry out. Today, Bill set fire to the whole mess — creating LOTS of white smoke, as those dead plants still retained a large amount of water. Eventually we will replant something else in this area — perhaps some blackberry vines to cover that cast iron piping? And perhaps a crepe myrtle tree and lantana for the hummingbirds and butterflies.
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