





by Higginbotham on May.28, 2013, under Uncategorized
Bittersweet Acres boarders and friends of the Higginbothams enjoyed a bonfire on Sunday night. The weather
was perfect and the kids enjoyed the haystack, buckets of bubbles, glow sticks and sparkers. The adults relaxed with the bonfire and s’mores. Special thanks to those who started the bonfire, drove the tractor rides back and forth to the front of the farm and helped with set up and clean up. Fun had by all!!
by Higginbotham on May.28, 2013, under Uncategorized
Bittersweet Acres began the summer project of baling hay. Patrick is very excited about the quality of hay again this year and it appears that we may have even more than last year. Here are some pictures of the first baling of hay. Special thanks to Pa Rudy and Adam Kahmann!!
by Higginbotham on May.28, 2013, under Uncategorized
The Higginbotham kids have begun their horse riding journey. The three kids are taking lessons with a former boarder, Katie Robison Alderman (For those at the barn, she used to have Ralph here). Special thanks to Megan Howard for allowing us to use her mare, Penny. She is doing AWESOME, of course. The kids are very excited!!
by Higginbotham on May.14, 2013, under Uncategorized
Bittersweet Acres was happy to host extension agents from the four regions of the U.S. as fellows with the USDA Sustainable Ag Research and Education Program and some representatives from the University of Kentucky for a farm visit this morning. We gave a presentation on what we do boarding horses and growing hay at Bittersweet Acres as an example of the horse industry here in Kentucky outside the racing industry. We would like to thank Lee Meyer and Sarah Lovett from the UK College of Agriculture for the invitation to be a part of the program. Below are some pictures from the visit.
by Higginbotham on Apr.20, 2013, under Uncategorized
Bittersweet Acres celebrated with five of our boarders who are engaged. Shannon, Erica, Micheala, Jessalyn, and Krista are all engaged. Today we honored them with a brunch at the farm. Thank you to all those who attended. It was a wonderful time enjoying food and good company.
by Higginbotham on Mar.17, 2013, under Uncategorized
We would like to thank all those who participated in the 2013 Spring Vaccination Day! Thanks also to Kristen for bringing out her scale to weigh several of the horses. Hope everyone enjoyed the breakfast and we look foward to more events once the weather warms up. Spring is nearly here!!
by Higginbotham on Sep.04, 2012, under Uncategorized
by Higginbotham on Aug.04, 2012, under Uncategorized
The Higginbotham Family spent a fun evening at the beautiful Kentucky Horse Park at Hats Off Kentuky. The kids got their faces painted, their picture on a pony and even an education on hay from Bittersweet Acres’ own Miss Krista Cotton all before enjoying the amazing Rood and Riddle Grand Prix.
by Higginbotham on Aug.04, 2012, under Uncategorized
We would like to thank all our Bittersweet Acres boarders who beat the heat with ice cream sundaes at our second annual ice cream social at the farm. Everyone enjoyed ice cream, toppings, and conversation…mainly about their horses and the Olympics!
by Higginbotham on Jul.18, 2012, under Uncategorized
Sorry we have been slow on updates of late. We finally got some much needed rain, and it appears we are set to get some more. We have finally started a house, so we have been busy with getting that started.
We got a couple of new run in sheds finished, and hope to build more in the fall, or early next spring.
We have some new boarders coming over the next few weeks, so if you are a current boarder, introduce yourself, and make the new folks feel welcome.
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