Posted in agriculture, cattle, farm as desired, farm life, redneck moments, rotational grazing, sustainability, tagged agriculture, beef cattle, cattle, farm life, redneck moments, rotational grazing on July 17, 2008 | 9 Comments »
This bruiser arrived by Bull Express on Tuesday. His name is Henry.
The steers like to hang out with bulls, and try to pick up a few pointers.
Henry will be here for 6 weeks, which will allow him to cover the cows through two heat cycles. If a cow doesn’t breed back in two heat cycles, [...]
Posted in agriculture, cattle, electric fencing, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, rotational grazing, sustainability, zero mile foodshed, tagged agriculture, cattle, farm dogs, farm life, rotational grazing, Salatin-style farming, sustainability on July 1, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I want to leave a light effect on this land that I have had the great fortune to grow up on. To do that, I have to understand when I have to be hard and when I have to be soft. Usually, I have to do both at the same time. Finesse is required to [...]
Posted in agriculture, cattle, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, pastured poultry, rotational grazing, sustainability, zero mile foodshed, tagged pastured poultry, homesteading, farm life, sustainability, pigs, daily farm life, clean water for the farm, farm chores, chore savers on June 26, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Chores on the farm can seem never ending. Trying to decide where to take shortcuts involves many factors, depending on what the task is. Joel Salatin says to try to keep daily chores per person to less than 4 hours. That is hard to do - but that 4 hours does seem like the magic [...]
Posted in agriculture, cattle, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, personal, rotational grazing, zero mile foodshed, tagged agriculture, farm dogs, farm life, personal, zero mile foodshed on June 23, 2008 | 6 Comments »
When I see my first snake doctor (dragon fly), I think summer has finally arrived. I saw one today while I was building fence. No camera. Here are some other signs.
Barn swallow on the chicken pen dolly waiting for gnats.
New knife sections for the haybine.
Installing the knife sections.
Riveting the knife sections.
Distinct grazing lines in the paddocks.
Paddocks [...]
Posted in agriculture, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, pastured poultry, rotational grazing, sustainability, winter stores, zero mile foodshed, tagged agriculture, farm life, pastured poultry, rotational grazing, Salatin-style farming, self-sufficiency, sustainability, zero mile foodshed on June 18, 2008 | 16 Comments »
I have been sick - actually we have all been sick. DH and DD were sick with some kind of gastro trouble 2 weeks ago, and of course, me of cast iron stomach just scoffed. My turn came last Friday, and I have been sick ever since. Of course the weather breaks and I have [...]
Posted in agriculture, cattle, electric fencing, family cow, frugal living, rotational grazing, sustainability, zero mile foodshed, tagged agriculture, cattle, family cow, farm life, rotational grazing on June 4, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Since the pictures of the milk cows in tall grass prompted several comments, I thought maybe I should show a couple more pictures. Let me be clear, that area grows good grass! About half our pasture looks acceptable to me, as far as growth is concerned, and the other half is fair, down to poor. But, [...]
Posted in cattle, farm as desired, farm life, frugal living, pastured poultry, rotational grazing, sustainability, tagged beef cattle, cattle, electric fencing, farm life, frugal farming, frugal living, rotational grazing, Salatin-style farming, sustainability on May 21, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Remember this is under the farm as desired category - sooo read this with grain of salt. This is what our electric fencing has evolved to. Our methods work for us and it has taken us a while to get here. We work with combination of permanent fences and different styles of electric fences for different [...]
Cinnabar moth larvae eating Tansy Ragwort