permaculture

[gaia <gaia@oneota.net>]

hello.
gaia here.  I love that you are considering horses in your permaculture 
plans.  I am also attempting to integrate (one horse at a time)
into my permaculture plan.
for her beauty,intelligence, her fierce spirit, and her loyalty,   and the 
way that she shows me how to communicate more deeply with the land;  for 
all of this, I am grateful for the horse that has come to lead me.
her name is si marrone, Cimarron in English,
and she is my teacher in the process of taking a conventional corn/soybean 
operation in Northeast Iowa and converting this to a permaculture  operation.
As Lisa spoke of, horses basically take care of themselves,
good grass pasture and water is all they require.
and they give so much.  manure especially,  and their tremendous power 
which can help us with many tasks.
not to mention their power and beauty.
but you must choose an appropriate breed for your circumstances.
Si Marrone is Percheron (old French out of Canada) crossed with the 
American Quarter Horse(Arabian and Thoroughbred)
I would like to breed her with a Frisian or , my dream, a PasoFino.

look forward to hearing from you.
gaianne
At 02:16 PM 11/4/2005 -0500, you wrote:

> Hi,
> I am looking for info/pointer and such about using horses in permaculture 
> projects,
> how to manage them sustainably,
> how much land they need or how many horses can be kept by the hectare, 
> what do they like to eat.
> what is difficult with horses etc.
> Many thanks in advance for any help
> Cheers
> Antonio
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