I grew up in the western part of NY state, on the lake plain. The land is flat like a table and very fertile. We rented several farms over the years and each has a place in my heart. Those fields and woods and streams had a great influence on me and […]
The other day when we were finishing up chores, I sent John and Noah down to the far end of the barn to chain up the allyways that go to the mangers. We do this so that if a cow gets untied in the night she won’t go up front and mess it up. […]
Thought I’d better take a minute and let everyone know that I’m still alive and kicking. We’re recovering from our latest mid April snowstorm. It seems like spring will never come, every time it starts to look up we get hit with a foot or two of snow, wicked winds and freezing temps. […]
I was deep in the forest, where the mighty shagbark hickory and sugar maple tower above and remind you how small you are. I could see ahead another stand of huge hemlocks, woven in among the fallen ones. Hemlocks are tipsy sort of tree, the Mt Hunger winds bring many to the ground […]
There is one rule that anyone who is thinking about rotational grazing needs to know. That rule is…..there ain’t no rules. Grazing is very farm specific, 10 different approaches on 10 different farms can all work great. If you made those 10 people trade programs, they might all fail. Every farm’s […]
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