“In order to teach, there is a lot more to learn.” Bud Williams, cattleman, low stress livestock handler extraordnaire.
Jetta update: Taking the heifer by the horns, literally, has put me in control. Somewhat. My daughter told me I looked nervous the other morning during chores. She was right. The routine is working and all my [...]
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Crazy, normal week as usual
Posted in family cow, farm life, greenhouse, lost skills, milk cow, vegetables, tagged biodynamics, greenhouse, milk cow training, weather, weeds on April 18, 2008 | 11 Comments »
Cow doo and cow dew
Posted in cattle, compost, farm as desired, farm life, milk cow, vegetables, zero mile foodshed, tagged biodynamics, cattle, composted animal manure, farm living on March 28, 2008 | 7 Comments »
Every idea which does not become your ideal, slays a force in your soul; every idea which becomes your ideal, creates within you life-forces.
Rudolph Steiner
Until we started raising chickens on a commercial scale, I assumed like everyone else that chicken manure was the porsche of animal based fertilizer. Higher N numbers, right? That’s all that matters, right? I always [...]
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