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We got some new guests on the ranch yesterday: black angus cattle. We have 7 cows, 1 bull, and a few calves that will be hanging our for a few months. We've been working with a local rancher since last year and leasing the use of our land for grazing. Last spring they put too many cows on too early and they ended up causing some erosion damage to some of the hillsides and creeks which I was NOT happy about. The cows were moved over when I was out of town for two weeks, so by the time I got back the damage had already been done.
This year we are only allowing a third as many cattle to graze as we had last year, and waited to move them out two months later in the year, after the chance of heavy rains had passed. Our property is very steep and hilly, so making sure that the land is not getting over grazed and that the cattle are not causing our soils to erode is important. They are very destructive animals if not managed carefully.
Our chickens have really been cranking out the eggs the last few weeks as well. We are up to 10-12 eggs a day now. I'm letting my most broody hen sit on a clutch, if all goes well we might have some little chicks running around in a few weeks.
All the roses and fruit trees have started to bloom and set too, it is looking like we should have some good harvests of quite a few trees this year. I will be planting a bunch of perennial herbs over the weekend as well, I'll post up some pictures once I am finished.
The dep greenhouse is finished except for the plastic cover, and the soil has cooled off and is ready to go. We should be on track to plant it next week as I had hoped.
This year we are only allowing a third as many cattle to graze as we had last year, and waited to move them out two months later in the year, after the chance of heavy rains had passed. Our property is very steep and hilly, so making sure that the land is not getting over grazed and that the cattle are not causing our soils to erode is important. They are very destructive animals if not managed carefully.
Our chickens have really been cranking out the eggs the last few weeks as well. We are up to 10-12 eggs a day now. I'm letting my most broody hen sit on a clutch, if all goes well we might have some little chicks running around in a few weeks.
All the roses and fruit trees have started to bloom and set too, it is looking like we should have some good harvests of quite a few trees this year. I will be planting a bunch of perennial herbs over the weekend as well, I'll post up some pictures once I am finished.
The dep greenhouse is finished except for the plastic cover, and the soil has cooled off and is ready to go. We should be on track to plant it next week as I had hoped.