You can follow us at https://www.facebook.com/
If you are interested in pigs specifically, I run a facebook group about that -
https://www.facebook.com/
If you are interested in more general homesteading and permaculture topics, I have a group for that as well - https://www.facebook.com/
Couple notes.
The pigs will not be on this spot again for a year. I'll probably have cows or sheep over this area once between now and then.
I call the milkweed 'butteryfly bush'. I misspoke, but hopefully the reason is evident. I've had butterflies and pollinators on my mind lately.
I mention Peter Allen - you can follow his farm at http://www.mastodonvalleyfarm.
I'm doing 2 week rotations this year. I'll reassess next spring - a week might be better, but it's at least partially dictated by my own time.
At this time I had not reseeded the pasture - that was completed about a day after they left. Ideally it would have been done a few days before they left so they could stomp the seed into the ground. I'll be doing that with the next paddock so I can show the difference later.
I was asked to show what a pasture looks like when the pigs are done with it - this is a video of a pasture the day our pigs left it, and a discussion of how we rotate our animals and why.
ReplyDeleteYou can follow us at https://www.facebook.com/stampsfamilyfarm
If you are interested in pigs specifically, I run a facebook group about that -
https://www.facebook.com/groups/pasturedpigs/
If you are interested in more general homesteading and permaculture topics, I have a group for that as well - https://www.facebook.com/groups/midwesthomestead/
Couple notes.
The pigs will not be on this spot again for a year. I'll probably have cows or sheep over this area once between now and then.
I call the milkweed 'butteryfly bush'. I misspoke, but hopefully the reason is evident. I've had butterflies and pollinators on my mind lately.
I mention Peter Allen - you can follow his farm at http://www.mastodonvalleyfarm.com/
I'm doing 2 week rotations this year. I'll reassess next spring - a week might be better, but it's at least partially dictated by my own time.
At this time I had not reseeded the pasture - that was completed about a day after they left. Ideally it would have been done a few days before they left so they could stomp the seed into the ground. I'll be doing that with the next paddock so I can show the difference later.