Jamie's Back, Homesteading, Horse Nation for July 14, 2025 by WERM Flooring - Horses in the Morning

HITM:  Jamie is back and tells us all about her adventures in Colorado.  Angela Ferraro-Fanning, Author of “The Sustainable Homestead, returns with her all natural fly spray recipe and her compost tea recipe.  Plus, DeAnn is also back with her stories of the month on Horse Nation.  Listen in…

AUDITOR POST SHOW:  Tech that scares the crap out of us.

HORSES IN THE MORNING Episode 3732 – Show Notes and Links:

• Hosts: Jamie Jennings of Flyover Farm and Glenn the Geek
• Title Sponsor: Kentucky Performance Products
• Guest: Angela Ferraro-Fanning, Author of “The Sustainable Homestead" and the Little Homesteader Series
• Guest: DeAnn from Horse Nation - National Farriers Week: A Day in the ‘Glamorous’ Life - Mythbuster Monday: Using Electrical Tape to Braid Manes Is Better for the Horse’s Hair
• Additional support for this podcast provided by: Schleese VCFS Saddles, COSEQUIN® Joint Health Supplement, Equine Network and Listeners Like You

Time Stamps:

04:35 - Daily Whinnies

6:00 - Jamie's ranch adventures

20:00 - Angela Ferraro-Fanning, Homesteading

37:25 - DeAnn from Horse Nation

52:42 - Jamie's Ranch adventures Part 2

01:14:00 - Auditor Post Show

FLY SPRAY

Ingredients

• 4 cups apple cider vinegar
• 1/8 cup olive oil
• 2 Tablespoons horse skin lotion (I use @equiderma )
• 2 Tablespoons of dishsoap, unscented
• 20 drops lavender essential oil
• 20 drops rosemary essential oil
• 20 drops peppermint essential oil

Directions

Mix everything and pour into an unused weed sprayer or clean spray bottle. Shake before use and spray away on your horses! For best use, spray on once in the morning and again in the late afternoon. Also best applied after a sweaty workout. 

BASIC COMPOST TEA

Materials Needed

• 1 cup finished compost
• 1 cup garden soil
• Water (if water is chlorinated allow to sit for 24 hours)
• Cheesecloth or unbleached coffee filter and String, optional
• 5-gallon bucket
• Aerator, optional

Directions

Combine the compost and garden soil into a cheesecloth or unbleached coffee filter or add directly to the bucket. Secure tightly by tying with a string. Submerge the tea bag in a 5-gallon bucket filled with tap water. A water temperature of 68-72 degrees Fahrenheit is ideal. Add any desired additives to the water. If using an aerator, place in the bucket and turn it on. Brew the tea for 24 hours. Dilute to 3 parts tea:1 part water for application. Drench plant leaves, soil, and base of stem.