Hoofprints on the lawn

[Julie Ole Girl]

Just for a giggle, my two girls got into the garden through a side gate that I forget to close, they were over the moon but its VERBOTEN... My OH hasn't noticed the deep dips yet (even though Elsa is a mini)... Don't tell!

 

[catkin]

"wasn't us............must have been two other horses"

 

[doodle]

I regularly got from my boss “Mystery got loose yesterday then?” “Erm how did you know?” It was the gardeners pride and joy and was immaculate, and perfect for a “oops I got loose” gallop.

 

[Lady Jane]

Yup - we get hoof prints in the lawn when someone escapes

 

[Bradsmum]

I dread the day I draw the curtains back and find one on the lawn. It's not happened yet but one day I will have to fess up to OH I'm sure.

 

[asmp]

I regularly used to bring our pony home to graze in the garden but it was an army quarter so husband wasn’t as precious over his lawn as he is in our our own home now.

The worse time was when I woke to a soldier saying your horse has got out and is on the regiment’s cricket pitch ?

 

[rabatsa]

I will never forget the phone call from the bank manager to let me know that there were three horses playing in his garden and one was jumping the raspberry canes for fun. Oops, he had just ok'd a loan for the third one.

That was in the days when there were proper branch bank managers who could do such things.

 

[Red-1]

Mr Red calls the whole field area his lawn. He cuts and stripes it all through summer.

He is delighted at the prospect that Rigsby may not be able to go out to grass. Even if he does, he will likely be restricted to the one paddock.

 

[Flowerofthefen]

Years ago , amongst others , I had a big gypsy cob mare and a shetland. I went to feed them and they went there!! Question a bit of a panic when 10 mins later they both stroll back into the paddock through the hedge! Phew! A lady several doors down had dreamt she had heard horses in her garden and when she got up and went outside there were hoof prints all over her rockery! Luckily she was horsey. So the girls had had a wonderful time exploring!

 

[SashaBabe]

Slightly different experience here. Our last house had a steep back garden, behind which was open countryside. Cattle grazed in the field behind our house. The road in front of our house was quite a busy one and as our children were young at the time, we had installed wrought iron gates across our driveway. One morning we woke up to find cattle happily munching on our lawn. A quick call to the police resulted in us being told the cattle had apparently escaped during the night and the police had come out to deal with the matter and as ours was the only house with suitable gates, they had put the cattle into our garden for safety, until their owner could be found. Needless to say, the cattle had made a dreadful mess of our garden, not only with divots, but with poo. Husband was not a happy man.

 

[Rosemary28]

P untied himself and shot through the gate onto the beautiful green fertilised lawn. We couldn’t catch him! Even pony nuts were not enough to distract him from the lush grass ? luckily everyone found it funny!

 

[Auslander]

Ive installed gates in both the paddock fences next to my house. I cant imagine why anyone wouldn't use their horses to mow the lawn!

 

[windand rain]

It is simple here we dont have a lawn. The ponies live 8 miles away and there are two fences between them and the landlords lawns

 

[thefarsideofthefield]

Ive installed gates in both the paddock fences next to my house. I cant imagine why anyone wouldn't use their horses to mow the lawn!
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Same here . All our grassy ( but not paddock ) areas around the place are kept trim by the ponies and the back garden has never been mown . Is that not what shetlands were specifically bred for ?

 

[HollyWoozle]

My Mum did used to bring the ponies across the drive to mow the grass when I was a child. One day the shetland came in to watch the tennis.

The house is now right next to the field and our twit Appaloosa has often broken out and rampaged around the garden. I guess I might do the same if I was him!

 

[laura_nash]

Proof from 3 days ago, when I forgot to put the pin back in the gate catch. OH has already filled the holes in, with a fair bit of muttering.

 

[Julie Ole Girl]

Ha ha good to see I'm not alone. They've been busted but if I had my way, I'd let them in the garden every day! Good fertilizer and aerating the lawn too...