Eight days ago we moved the fourteen dry cows and steers across the farm to the west pasture. This puts them on spring water which (so… Read more “winter pasture — stockpiled forage”
Category: water
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
wet spring
Friday, May 16, 2014: The spring grass brushes the cows’ bellies and the brown-headed cowbirds are loping through it in search of insects like detectives examining the… Read more “wet spring”
catching cold
Saturday, February 15, 2014: A headache sent us to bed unreflective of the weather forecast, which was in any case too much like all the other… Read more “catching cold”
cold water
Sunday, February 2, 2014: In sub-zero temperatures one of the biggest challenges is keeping water in front of the livestock. Stock tanks freeze. Even the… Read more “cold water”
calculating forage consumption
December, 2013: I am not altogether comfortable writing about uncertainty while it prevails. Problems are neater if you wait until you have resolved them to write… Read more “calculating forage consumption”
