@EarthOrgUK oooft 😬

Its basically mindfulness for horses. When a thought passes through our mind we can acknowledge its presence but see that it is separate from us, and choose not to react. E.g. there's some nice hay over there

This week we have been learning to stand still. Simple but important: if youre lashing a chain around 100kg of log and trying to attach it to the harness, you want to be *damned sure* that the horse doesn't decide to wander off... so we've been simply standing around, stock still. If she moves a foot so much a centimeter, she has to put it back but if she stays still she's told what a good girl she is.

@eversion yes please!

No good if you're managing ancient woodland, or anything where biodiversity is A Thing. (Spolier, maybe it should be mor of A Thing in large scale commercial forestry). So there's a niche for horse logging with organisations like the various Wildlife Trusts and estates who are engaged with biodiversity.

If all goes well, i will be offering horse logging some time in the autumn or winter. But wtf is horse logging? Well, back in the day, all timber was brought from theplace the tree was standing, to the road or, i guess, all the way to the sawmill, with horse power. Nowwadays its done with specialised tractors (forwarders). But these temd to make a right old mess, and forest soils are quite delicate. Thats ok if you're clear felling a monocrop of sitka spruce or whatever, but...