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Ah – the joy of spring is here at the farm. While the temperature is still getting down to the upper 30s at night, things are definitely changing. And for a grass-based farm, perhaps the most important one is the greening of the pastures. This is our second growing season to graze on our newly [...] On Wednesday I went out and did all the winter chores. The chores usually get done right as the sun is going down. This includes, watering two groups of cows, two hogs, and 3 horses, feeding horses and chickens, and throwing some treats (horse hay) to some of the cows. The hogs are eating out [...] After months of collecting fruit and nuts, setting up fencing, and letting the pigs teach us what they like and don’t like to eat, we’re finally eating what we like, PORK. Our two 3/4 Red Wattle borrows were finally taken to the butcher a few weeks ago and the last meat, the ham steaks, are [...] As we started this endeavor we thought that we would never need at tractor unless we wanted to bale hay. We read tons of material on MiG and Mob grazing and were confident in the miraculous effects of simply grazing in a well managed manor. Well, this weekend I strayed from that a little when [...] While our pastures have been keeping ahead of us all summer we have seen the need to grow our small herd of 8 Dexter cattle, 2 of which are calves. We’ve been watching all the cattle boards and emailing breeders that were close by and found a good deal on a few cows that we [...] |
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