Mule's Gold Mining

We've always known it…. but now we're convinced!  You humans are obsessed with poo!  Well to be precise rotted manure.  This week has been exciting, we've had lots of visitors who have all arrived to mine in the muck heap.  This phenomenon occurs once a year and is most bizarre.

A procession of miners supervised by FH appeared to dig out what they describe as lovely organic horse manure, apparently the more rotten and black the better, weird we know!  We call it 'Mule's Gold' :-)

Dragon keeping an eye on the Mule's Gold Miners

We Muleteers have been working real hard all year to ensure there is a plentiful supply for these mad miners and have donated many tons of muleteer poor and soggy bedding.  No additives or preservatives go in to these 'donations' making them ideal for the discerning organic gardener apparently?!

Our heap - hard work all that donating!

So from far and wide them come, they appear mainly interested in filling bags and trailers with Mule's Gold but the occasional miner takes an interest in us and gives us a cursory pat or scratch, one even fetched some carrots (note to others this was much appreciated, we may charge this toll next year). There is a saying 'where there's muck there's brass' we'd prefer 'where there's muck there's carrots' if you don't mind?

Tonight saw our last intrepid miner before we close the mine shaft for another year…. FH was mumbling something about saving some for growing our pumpkins and courgettes (MH grumbled that he was SO looking forward to hundreds of courgette recipes over the summer - we know he doesn't mean it really ;-).

So I had a quick inspection to check that the miners had done a good job…. and I nearly got lost in the cavern they had dug!

It appears that the hole is big enough to lose at least six mini shetlands in, yikes that's a lot of manure, the humans reckon we have donated about 10 tonnes to our friendly miners!  Mmmm lots of yummy organic veg should come from that surely?  SHARE!

Alas all that thinking about food made me hungry so I took the opportunity to climb out of the pit and do some mining of my own, hmmm ok more like eating but somehow related?  And if a pony's to produce all that fine fertiliser it has to come from somewhere ;-)

House Trained Mule

Everyone goes on about house training dogs, cats and kids but what about mules?  We are capable of it you know!  Honestly I think sometimes humans underestimate us.....

I am fully house-trained and trustworthy and leave all of my mule’s gold in neat little piles far away from my bed and food; they are always ready for collection by the chamber maid (aka FH).  Those boys next door make an amazing mess for poor FH every morning; anyone would think they have no manners?  But then I guess they are boys right?  I am the most popular mule ever with my tidy toilet habits.  My bed stays immaculate and I go through fewer shavings than a hamster.  There are occasions when I am not so perfect though.... when it’s driving rain and wind I do resort to the indoor facilities as I don’t like to get my delicate self wet, I’m sure you understand?

My aim is coming along nicely!

The only problem is that the humans STILL won’t let me in the house.... boo!  They don’t think there is such a thing as a kitty mule litter tray..... hmmm well I been thinking and maybe a bucket will do?

So I’m practicing my aim in the bucket in the hope that the humans will let me indoors.... after all what could be better than sharing your house with a pretty, dainty, house trained mule? 

Come on humans show some heart you know you’d like me curled up on the sofa in front of the fire :with you, I'm pretty small really :-)