After a December that shattered all records for heat in Upstate New York–by a lot–we finally got a couple of inches of snow to greet the new year. But it quickly turned to a slushy, icy mess that did little to improve the landscape and just made navigating our driveway that much more treacherous. The […]
Every day our livestock continue to graze the pastures is another day we don’t have to pay for hay. So I say, graze on. The sheep have been hanging out near the main paddock lately so I left the gates open and they wandered right in to get at the pasture adjacent. Heck, while we’re […]
When I started Spy Dog Farm two and a half years ago it was with the latest grazing theories in mind, so-call “managment intensive” grazing that calls for confining the livestock in small areas behind portable electric fencing and moving them to fresh grass on a daily or even more frequent basis. Intensive management improves […]
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