Can Horses Eat Lavender?

I recently visited my family on their farm and offered to help them with the daily chores every barn requires. One of their horses, a gorgeous fellow named Wolfy, was acting a bit anxious. As I tried to calm him, I began to wonder if there was anything they could safely give him to help …

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Can Horses Eat Oats?

I’m always looking for ways to change up my horse’s diet. They’re creatures of habit, I know, and I still provide them with the necessary staples to keep them happy, but I still think it’s fun and interesting to get them trying new things as much as possible. One thing I like to provide when …

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Can Horses Eat Leeks?

I cooked up a lovely stew for dinner the other night, and it went down a treat with the whole family. It was a leek and potato stew, which happens to be my speciality. However, on this occasion, I wasn’t doing the shopping, and a minor breakdown in communication meant that I ended up with …

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Can Horses Eat Fennel?

I’ve been dabbling in the vegan craze recently, and something I’ve been trying that I’d never used before is fennel. It’s packed with flavor and is so healthy and nutritious for us—I used it to make some fantastic vegetarian burgers! Whenever I have something new in the kitchen, though, I’m always wondering if it could …

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Can Horses Eat Horse Chestnuts?

With fall just around the corner, we’re soon to see the staple of the season strewn across all our streets: the horse chestnut. Since collecting them when I was a kid, I’ve always been inexplicably drawn to them, and can never resist picking a few up when I see them. My wife has been getting …

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