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This has to be the best season – BERRY SEASON! Not so much happiness because it’s the end of the summer… but it’s BERRY SEASON! As I was out and about on the new tractor cutting down all this summers heavy growth in the field I saw a yummy black glint out of the corner of my [...] That’s the only question I have for people when I show them a picture like this. How can you not understand the difference in pasturing chickens when you look at a picture like this. Don’t you see how pasture raising of chickens (or other animals) is important. The pen is moved EVERY DAY – and in [...] Since earlier this week (you know that if you follow on Twitter) we have had the 2009 flock of birds moved out to pasture. We wanted to get them out last weekend but the torrential rains (which very likely have claimed several San Marzano tomato plants by drowning the roots) kept the chickens in the brooder. [...] The major milestone (and midway marker) for the chickens is the departure from the brooder and placement in the pasture. While we would have loved to have gotten them out first thing Saturday – the torrential rainstorms of the day (over 2″ of rain) prevented that. And the pooling from all the rain last week in [...] |
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