Making A Pasture

[Baymule]

I let the ewes and lambs on the side pasture for 1 hour this evening. They have grazed the yard and pasture #1 real short. They enjoyed their grass!

Ewenique found a patch of lambs quarters and chowed down.

She ate it all.

 

[Beekissed]

Does my heart good to see all that lush green and sheep head down on it....just something about that warms the heart! Just think what a burst of nutrition that was for them here in the middle of winter.

I think I really like Ewenique....likely because she reminds me of my former flock ewe, Black Betty. Same coloring and markings.

I see a few mighty fine udders in that bunch, Bay!

 

[Duckfarmerpa1]

This is about a one acre pasture in the front with road frontage. It does a fine job of growing my nemesis, green briars. We are cleaning it up to prepare for planting pasture.
Before pictures.



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That looks great! What kind are those? Someone had a picture similar to those on the BYC forum and thought they were Icelandic? I never heard of that....

 

[Duckfarmerpa1]

I let the ewes and lambs on the side pasture for 1 hour this evening. They have grazed the yard and pasture #1 real short. They enjoyed their grass!

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Ewenique found a patch of lambs quarters and chowed down.

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She ate it all.

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I can’t believe you still have such green grass, pasture, etc... how warm is it there?

 

[Baymule]

That looks great! What kind are those? Someone had a picture similar to those on the BYC forum and thought they were Icelandic? I never heard of that....

My ewes are a mix of Dorper and Katahdin. I now have a registered Katahdin ram.

I can’t believe you still have such green grass, pasture, etc... how warm is it there?

This is winter rye grass, it grows well in the winter. Snow and cold will slow it down. We have been having 70* days and 40-50* nights for a couple of weeks. Unseasonably warm, even for east Texas. Last January 18, we had 3" of snow! The rye grass will be done when it heats up, it won't make it past May, by that time, Bermuda grass will be coming through.

Does my heart good to see all that lush green and sheep head down on it....just something about that warms the heart! Just think what a burst of nutrition that was for them here in the middle of winter.

I think I really like Ewenique....likely because she reminds me of my former flock ewe, Black Betty. Same coloring and markings.

I see a few mighty fine udders in that bunch, Bay!

Thanks Bee! Ewenique is one of my favorites. She is so sweet and loves attention. She is due any time now!

 

[Baymule]

It was time for another round bale for the sheep, so we cleaned out the space under the barn roof where it goes. We got 2 mule loads of stepped on, pooped and peed on hay.

So we went to the horse pasture and made 2 swales with the wood chips on the ground. We scattered hay between them for erosion control and to add fertility to the soil.

We had some extra so we spread it on some bare dirt.

 

[B&B Happy goats]

Tell BJ he looks good on a mule , lol

 

[Beekissed]

He does look rather debonair, leaning on that fork! Like it ain't no thang!

Bay, I can't WAIT to see what sprouts up there in the spring. You'll have to do befores and afters for us. Should be green and lush on your place this season....I've seen what you grow there and it always looks good enough to eat!

 

[Mike CHS]

That should make a lot of difference. Tell BJ that I said Hi.

 

[Baymule]

@Beekissed rye grass has already come up from the hay, the horses ate it down. LOL We'll be sowing bahia grass seed in early spring and putting up some kind of fence to keep the horses off so it can grow.

@Mike CHS BJ said Hi back at cha'. He actually thanked me today for making him get outside and having all this work to do because it keeps him in good physical shape. haha, "Thank you honey for making me shovel sheep sh!t".

Tell BJ he looks good on a mule , lol

Now if I could get him on a horse...…..