Healthy soil holds more water, which is a good thing when there’s a drought and when there’s a lot of rain! We have noticed far less runoff recently as our soil and forage continues to improve and our ponds don’t fill up as fast. Plus, a story about our very well trained and trusting goats.
Read MoreDespite all the lush forage this time of year, this week we gave both the goats and the cattle access to internal roads and ditches for some brush maintenance, lawn mowing and manure dropping to make sure all the soil on our land reaches its full capacity in water holding capacity and carbon sequestering!
Read MoreIt’s the season of exploding forage, so the ruminants (our beef cattle and goats) are eating as much as they can, but we clip the other fields as well, including ahead of the laying hens to maximize the quality of forage growing for the rest of the year and to lay down a bunch of those woody plants as mulch on top of the soil to help build humus.
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