There is so much to do, I don’t know where to start. A list helps a little, but at this time of year, a list just frustrates me. We are unsettled because our chore list has changed so much. We moved the cows out to pasture April 4th. So now the grazing season begins, and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘grazing’
So much to do
Posted in cattle, compost, farm life, food preservation, greenhouse, vegetables, zero mile foodshed, tagged cattle, chickens, farm life, frugal living, grazing, greenhouse, scratch cooking on April 9, 2008 | 13 Comments »
Jimmy crack corn and I don’t care
Posted in farm life, pastured poultry, sustainability, zero mile foodshed, tagged chickens, farm life, grazing, Salatin-style farming, urban homesteading on April 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Eggs for sale
If you know us, you probably identify us with chickens and eggs. My husband goes by the name of Eggman quite often. But, over the last several years the grain situation was changing. We could see the handwriting on the wall. We had a successful business selling pastured eggs and pastured meat chickens, [...]
The “treatment”
Posted in cattle, farm life, wildlife, tagged cattle, grazing on April 3, 2008 | 3 Comments »
I’ve been working on posts all day. Literally. I mean fencing, not blog stuff. But blog posts I have on the back burner are: an update on some of our laying hens who went on to fame in the big city, and what the “hay queen” thinks about hay. Hay Queen is a derogatory name [...]
notes from the pasture and garden
Posted in farm as desired, farm life, greenhouse, wildlife, zero mile foodshed, tagged Australian Shepherds, farm life, grazing, greenhouse, over-winter vegetables on March 24, 2008 | 5 Comments »
It’s amazing what the weather does in March. Last Thursday brought cool rain, Friday gave us an inch of snow, and Saturday morning we woke up to a hard frost. So much for the grass growing. Now, Monday morning, snow again. But I know better than to be impatient. I also don’t want to complain about the [...]
