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 [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Salatin-style farming’
High impact, low impact
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 »
Sick as a dog
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 [...]
Fence Post
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 [...]
Grass rules my life!
Posted in cattle, farm as desired, farm life, frugal living, sustainability, zero mile foodshed, tagged cattle, farm life, frugality, rotational grazing, Salatin-style farming, sustainability on May 11, 2008 | 8 Comments »
I wish all my pasture looked this good.
Grass, or the lack of it, rules my life. MiG (Management- intensive Grazing) is a complicated blend of art and science. I think about our pastures as much as I think about our gardens and orchards. After all it is food for someone, my cows, and they “feed” [...]
A busy and productive weekend
Posted in compost, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, frugal living, sustainability, vegetables, zero mile foodshed, tagged composted animal manure, farm dogs, firewood, Salatin-style farming, sustainability, vegetable gardening, zero mile foodshed on May 7, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Still waiting for Jetta… and the other cows too!
Taking advantage of the good (dry) weather last weekend, here are some pics of what the other people around here did!
Firewood.
Second growth Douglas Fir limb. Note the tight grain.
Can’t find your gloves, look for the puppy! “Are you looking for this?”
These fir limbs broke down in the winter [...]
A little nature and a whole lotta nurture.
Posted in farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, frugal living, greenhouse, pastured poultry, zero mile foodshed, tagged greenhouse, Australian Shepherds, pastured poultry, farm dogs, Salatin-style farming, farm life, chickens on May 2, 2008 | 10 Comments »
Cornish Cross chicks in brooder - day 5. “Are we in the forest?”
I’m not a PC chicken farmer. By this I mean I don’t let my chickens free-range. There I said it! The F-word of the pastured poultry world. But, I know raising these chickens for part of our meat supply is an un-natural task. [...]
Rigid yet flexible
Posted in cattle, farm as desired, farm life, tagged cattle, farm life, lost skills, quilting, rotational grazing, Salatin-style farming on April 24, 2008 | 8 Comments »
This post will be about fencing - but it also describes my life, and how I need to correlate where I have been, to where I am now. It is so true what they say about fencing being a physical barrier or a psychological barrier. I grew up with barb wire fencing and I still [...]
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, [...]
Family cow III
Posted in Belly Acres (rant), cattle, family cow, farm as desired, farm life, food preservation, pastured poultry, zero mile foodshed, tagged pastured poultry, zero mile foodshed, Salatin-style farming, Guernsey family cow on March 21, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Every farm and farm family is unique, due to location, expectations for the farm, etc. I’m hoping to convey how keeping a family cow fits into our lifestyle. In my farming life, I have only been without a family cow for months, never years. My methods are my methods, and suit my needs, which have changed [...]
Winter is waning
Posted in cattle, compost, farm as desired, farm life, greenhouse, vegetables, zero mile foodshed, tagged beef cattle, compost, cover crop, holistic farming, Salatin-style farming, vegetable gardening on March 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
We’ve had a glorious stretch of good weather this past week. The soil was dry enough to cultivate around the garlic, and it actually smelled like spring. My spring oat cover crop had winter-killed, so actually hoeing was easy, and I actually got a head start on those pesky, early germinating weed seeds. The winter [...]
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