Our animals moved to the upper pasture for the third time this season and they couldn’t be happier. Emily, our Jersey heifer, was so excited she danced around the paddock, literally kicking up her heels. Do cows experience joy? Apparently so. August and September were very dry in our part of Upstate New York–the sixth […]
We’ve almost completed our second full rotation around the farm with our mowing crew. We have about 12 acres of clear pasture and each day our band of happy mowers–10 ewes, one boy goat, and one pregnant Jersey heifer–move to a fresh paddock measuring 6,400 square feet behind temporary electric fencing. Despite milkweed, golden rod […]
We’re nearing the end of a second grazing of the upper pasture. The animals greet me each morning from behind the temporary fencing eager to move to the next paddock. They’re doing a great job cleaning up the farm around the edges and helping to build healthy soil.
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