At this time last year our cows had been out on pasture for a little over a week. This year, …
Tag: Grazing
Rye & Brassicas
So after we got all finished up harvesting our barley, we decided to put the big field (17 acres) into …
I’m Rolling, I’m Rolling, I’m Rolling on.
We’ve got our longstanding water woes pretty much licked around here. There are approximately 5400′ of new above-ground water lines …
Tire Tank
Just a year or so before we sold our farm in Missouri we installed a couple of neat livestock water …
Cows on Grass 2014
It’s here at last: time to put the cows out on pasture for the first time this year. We even …
Pigs in the Cornstalks
We’ve completed the last big fencing project of the year. We quickly put up some temporary electric fence around all …
The Cows: 2013
We went into our first year with pretty low expectations. Better than having high expectations and being disappointed later, right? …
Fall Fencing
A few days back we had our first killing freeze of the fall. The garden, all but the cole-crops, promptly …
Cows on grass
We did it! It’s nearing the end of May, but we finally have cows out on grass. As I remarked …
I Miss Fescue
I didn’t even know it, but as I was driving down the gravel-road to my parents farm in Missouri for …