Category: Our Pasture
Paddocks
Monday was an horrendously busy day (yes, that's right, I used the British "an" before a word starting with "h". How classy is that?!) As I said, horrendously busy, as is to be expected following a drill weekend coming right on the heels of family vacation, complicated by everyone being sick, one after another. Monday… Continue reading Paddocks
Man Work Monday
We had an unexpected Man Work Monday this week. We had to take Mr. Seppi to the doctor on Monday (he put a rock in his ear on Sunday, and neither Daddy at home nor the doctor at the ER could get it out), but the truck was in the shop, and Mommy could not… Continue reading Man Work Monday
Four Legged Brush Removal: Five days later.
Before. After. Before. After. Not a bad job, guys.
Four Legged Brush Removal
The grass is coming back in the pasture, slowly. To buy time until it is ready to put the sheep and cows back on it, we have run them through the orchard, and pastured them on the laneway, but they still want more. We don't want to feed them exclusively on hay before winter even… Continue reading Four Legged Brush Removal
Mantis
These guys are all over the farm this summer. End of Summer. Almost fall. Whatever. What is that? Ellie was the only one brave enough to pick it up. Even she got a little nervous when it started climbing toward her face. This one ended up getting fed to the chickens. That's okay, there's plenty… Continue reading Mantis
Organizing
There are two kinds of work that need to be done on the farm. First, there is what might be called infrastructure work. This is work, mostly one-time projects, that hopefully set the conditions for life and work on the farm for years to come, everything from setting up the workshop to running water and… Continue reading Organizing
Happy Cows
A far cry from when we first got them and they wouldn’t let a human within arm reach. I mean the steers. But she was too pretty not to take her picture. The sheep will happily bound over and eat all the alfalfa pellets. The steers are a little bit more circumspect. But they let… Continue reading Happy Cows
Love it when a plan comes together…
When it does, it's usually not mine. Moving the steers and sheep on Saturday morning I was struck by the how much grass they left standing. It seemed that we should be following them with some other critter that not only ate the grass but also crushed it, rolled it, and squished it into the… Continue reading Love it when a plan comes together…
Doing it old-school
This is how we get things done here on Three Hearts Farm. https://videopress.com/v/MOkb6OWB?resizeToParent=true&cover=true&preloadContent=metadata&useAverageColor=true Never underestimate the power of two Kraeger men With a machete and an ax.
Little Farm in the Big City 