The grass ripened for grazing this week, and the sheep went on grass on Friday. I have been watching them every moment since then. I have been so anxious about putting the ewes and lambs out on pasture, which makes little since as we are a pasture-based farm focused on rotational grazing! I worried thatContinue reading “Pasture and Fear”
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Thoughts While Mowing
I spent about 6 hours mowing the fields this weekend. It was past time to cut down the woody overgrowth and encourage new, more palatable growth for the flock. Jim and I attached the bush hog to his little 18hp tractor and off I went…like a herd of turtles. 18hp is just enough to powerContinue reading “Thoughts While Mowing”