Our First Post!

Hey Yall! Welcome to the Bryley Stables blog!

To get started, I'll give you a brief overview of who we are and what we do. My name is Melissa and I own a small, private horse boarding facility in eastern North Carolina. I've been involved with horses for 18 years or so and have competed in barrel racing and currently compete in Cowboy Mounted Shooting. I have decided to take on boarders recently and have plans to expand our facility as it grows. We currently have a 6 stall barn with 10 x 14 stalls on 38 acres. We also have a concrete wash pit, round pen, and outdoor riding arena. We will be adding a run in (with corral) within the next 3-5 months (depending on weather!).

So I decided to begin blogging about this to track our growth, progress, hurdles and accomplishments. I will be updating the blog periodically as work gets going around the farm.

This past long weekend (Happy Belated Labor Day!), we repaired the fence in several places. One was damaged from hurricane Irene where a tree fell over it, but luckily the repairs were minor and didn't take long at all! We also moved about 3 trees that had been cut into logs from the back acres to the barn. This took quite a while as we (my father and I) could only load 2-3 logs on the tractor at a time due to their size/weight. We also bought paint to spruce up a few faded panels that we currently use as the gates for the riding arena and barn.

In business news, I have come up with a fee schedule. I'm also working on the barn rules, board agreement and waiver that each rider/boarder will need to sign.

I have to say that I'm excited about the fact that last week, this was an idea and we are already moving forward with great strides to make our little boarding facility a reality!

Happy Trails!