Author: wtachiefeditor
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Planting a Silvopasture
In the last blog post, I introduced some of the benefits of silvopasture and mentioned that we are planning 2 silvopasture projects. There are 2 ways to create silvopasture, one is to take a wooded area and thin it for pasture and the other is to plant an open area (presumably current pasture) with trees.… Read more
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Adventures in Silvopasture
Let’s start at the top. What is silvopasture? To put it simply, it’s when you graze your farm animals in the woods. Wait, don’t farm animals graze in big open pastures? Well, that is what most people think of today when they think of grazing animals but there is some history of animals grazing in… Read more
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This is how we do it
On our farm we have sheep, horses, and chickens and we use rotational grazing to keep everyone fed and happy most months of the year. In a more typical year, we won’t start feeding hay regularly until November. The year of 2024 is likely to be quite different due to the drought but that’s a… Read more