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Wolfemomma - Our Homestead Journey
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WolfeMomma
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swarms of deer flys??? I didn't know that they did that?! ouch, bites from them hurt!
I didn't know that they did that?! ouch, bites from them hurt!
Mike CHS
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They weren't swarms in the true sense of the word but there would be multiples hitting you at the same time. We used to tube float down small rivers fishing and they would get so bad you would have to go under water to get them off.
Baymule
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Eeeeeeewwww........
Wehner Homestead
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X2 I don’t think it would be worth it to be that bothered by bugs!
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WolfeMomma
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Hoping to get the rest of the garden planted today, and at least get 50% of the new coop built. Its been a long process. Sometimes there is just not enough hours in the day.
We have been working a lot on pasture management, trying to figure out how to and where to section off our pasture, its amazing how much 2 cows and 3 sheep will eat down the grass. We are adding 4 new pastures that they can rotate between, so hopefully that will take some stress off the other areas. Pasture rotation is a very new experience for us. Im sure we will make mistakes on the way, but thats ok because we are definitely learning! and can do better next year.
We have about 2-3 acres that is wooded, we are rolling around the idea of getting some highland cattle that could be put in that acreage during the summer a couple times, to eat it down a bit, and rotate them between the woods and in the flat open pasture. I have had several people tell me they are the goats of the cow world.....any insight on how true that is? hopefully only in the eating sense...not in the sense of their ability to escape anything ahahah!
Also, there was a someone on here talking to me about dairy cows....i have a question for them...I saw someone on youtube that milked once a week??? :O is that possible?!! not sure how I feel about that. Thoughts?
ok enough of my random rambling lol
Till next time!
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We have been working a lot on pasture management, trying to figure out how to and where to section off our pasture, its amazing how much 2 cows and 3 sheep will eat down the grass. We are adding 4 new pastures that they can rotate between, so hopefully that will take some stress off the other areas. Pasture rotation is a very new experience for us. Im sure we will make mistakes on the way, but thats ok because we are definitely learning! and can do better next year.
We have about 2-3 acres that is wooded, we are rolling around the idea of getting some highland cattle that could be put in that acreage during the summer a couple times, to eat it down a bit, and rotate them between the woods and in the flat open pasture. I have had several people tell me they are the goats of the cow world.....any insight on how true that is? hopefully only in the eating sense...not in the sense of their ability to escape anything ahahah!
Also, there was a someone on here talking to me about dairy cows....i have a question for them...I saw someone on youtube that milked once a week??? :O is that possible?!! not sure how I feel about that. Thoughts?
ok enough of my random rambling lol
Till next time!
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WolfeMomma
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Ohh i forgot to add, Im hoping to load my pictures from my camera to the computer today. So hopefully I shall have some pictures of these beasts for you all soon
Bruce
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I guess it is if you have 13 friends to milk for you the other two times a day every week.
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WolfeMomma
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LOL! ha...ha
RollingAcres
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I'm interested to see if anyone has any insight on this as well. I have read before that Highland cattle are good foragers and they thrive in poor pasture.
