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We had a cow breakout through an old, weak fence. Looking at the evidence left behind, I’d say someone eating under the fence got her horn caught and then ran away still attached. She ran way back into the paddock dragging the old fence behind her, getting zapped the whole way, poor thing. Well whoeverContinueContinue reading “They’re out there somewhere”

The herd is up the top of Sleepy Hollow at the moment, where they have a nice view of the house. And a nearby hilltop village. The worms are back after their summer vacation. Go worms! The new growth here is slowly overcoming the older material. I could have let it grow another couple ofContinueContinue reading “A chew with a view”

The herd is off the lucerne for the year and back in Sleepy Hollow, a pasture full of natural grasses. Some of the grasses are green and full. Some are dry and dormant. The cows will tread this in to be recycled into more grass. It is a different world under there. Worms, bugs, decayingContinueContinue reading “Natural Fall Pasture”

Vila. Michael Keating, we have a field named after your character. The Vila paddock used to be a little portion of vineyard right next to the second house on the farm, the villa. So we named it after the Blake’s 7 character. It was seeded into lucerne and dactyle in spring and is doing ok.ContinueContinue reading “Blake, Avon, Jenna, Cally, Gan, Zen and …”

There are a couple of spots on the tractor where sticks and dirt accumulate. Then when you use a broadcast seeder you get some of the seed in those dirty spots. Then it rains. The ryegrass is looking good. And the crimson clover is starting up, too. There’s even an acorn in there. If IContinueContinue reading “The new ryegrass-crimson clover plantings”

Roll out the hay, move the fence and watch them eat. I could sleep in and miss these mornings. The sun will warm up everything soon enough. Your hands get cold, but rolling out the heavy bale provides plenty of heat. Happy cows getting both hay and fresh grass.

Along with the French air force, we get random helicopters flying by. This one startled one of those raptors we have on the farm. It circled around the house. I could see no markings except for its identification number, so for all I know it could belong to the air force too.

Heifer 28 eating some natural grass in Triangle. Since it was full of dead standing grass, I mowed it back at the end of summer and it has grown back well in a short time. The question that this raises is should I mow back all the natural pastures at the end of summer? ItContinueContinue reading “To mow or not to mow?”

The latest animal at the butcher is a 30 month old heifer. This one finished a little more marbled than the last one, which I’d bet is more due to genetic differences than anything else. Splitting the entrecôte off from the faux-filet. One whole filet. This makes a very tender, but very expensive, roast.  BelowContinueContinue reading “Five hours at the butcher earns me an Entrecôte”