Last winter I didn’t have hay feeders for our critters, I just spread bales on the ground. Consequently, a lot of hay never got eaten. In fact, it wasn’t till a few weeks ago that we finally got around to scooping up all that wasted hay with the tractor and moving it to the compost […]
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 […]
Last winter I fed our livestock by tossing hay bales onto the ground. It’s not the smartest practice, since the animals end up walking on the hay and defecating on it. The result: lots of wasted hay. For months now, I’ve had piles of spoiled hay composting in place. Potentially, it’s great for the soil, […]
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