Cows don’t like to graze where a cow pie has been slowly decomposing; the forage around an old flop is dark green, lush, and lovely, but cows,… Read more “cow pies and hot spots”
Category: grass
too much grass
Another question we received this week: Hi, Shawn and Beth, My two cows and I are not keeping up with the growth, and the intensive grazing ain’t… Read more “too much grass”
question — cows won’t stay in the fence
We pass on a question we received about fence issues: Hi! I attended your classes at the Mother Earth News Fair in NC in the spring. I’m… Read more “question — cows won’t stay in the fence”
sacrifice paddocks
Wednesday, March 25, the Annunciation: All winter we’ve held the lactating cows up front on the better forage, while the dry cows, heifers and yearlings cleaned up… Read more “sacrifice paddocks”
We are doing so much writing on our book, The Grassfed Homestead, that we have done very little writing of posts. Winter is not uneventful, but long,… Read more
In a spirit of great daring — or foolhardiness — we gave an interview to a local newspaper. May God have mercy on our souls. The conviction… Read more
overgrazed and underfed
Thursday, May 22, 2014: Sad sight last week, where the place across the road fed out beef cattle on round bales last winter and built up a… Read more “overgrazed and underfed”
