Temporary electric fencing has made grazing management vastly more efficient. I bought 80-foot lengths of sheep netting and build squares on our pastures for the ruminants to mow. The only problem: when the grass grows tall, you have to cut lanes before you can set up the fencing. Last year I wrecked both my elbows […]
“When do we mow the front yard?” my wife asked. “When it gets long enough,” I replied. I wasn’t trying to crack wise. But we’re not about a perfectly manicured lawn here on the farm. But then it occurred to me: Why mow when we have all these animals that love to eat grass? In […]
Those of you who’ve been following along might remember my battles with the milkweed in the upper pasture earlier in the year. I spent days pushing through the overgrown fields trying to eradicate the milkweed with my scythe. Well, we’ve had that pasture mowed twice since then. Now its an eight-acre expanse of grass and […]
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