At the Singing Horse Ranch our entire house is heated by a wood furnace. So every year we have to fill the woodshed by cutting down ‘dead standing’ trees from around the ranch.
I’ll show you how we choose which trees to fell, and the process that follows. On the way we run into grizzly markings and a winter bear den. And the horses are waiting for us with a message…
The book recommended in the video is Finding The Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard. It is a fantastic book and definitely one of my favorites, alongside Wilding by Isabella Tree and Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer.
If you’re at all interested in sustainability, or regenerative farming, or permaculture systems, definitely check out those three excellent books – all 3 have lots of stories, not just dry data, so they’re very enjoyable to read.
Jini Patel Thompson is a natural health writer and Lazer Tapping instructor. She began riding at age 2 in Kenya, and got her first horse at age 8 in Alberta, and so continues a life-long journey and love affair with these amazing creatures.
