We have a few “Bresse” chickens. Well, they’re officially not Bresse chickens because they have to come from Bresse to get that name. They’ve got an official name of “bresse-gauloise” although I’ve never heard anyone use it here. This guy below is called Chanteclairix. They seem nice enough. The hens are friendly, the coqs are … Continue reading Chickens with blue feet and white eggs – la bresse-gauloise
This grass is so thick, it must be May
In summer you just want the rain to fall. Any rain at all. The ground is dry and cracked, the grass is losing its green and has stopped growing. After a while even the lucerne stops and you have to feed hay. In fall you watch the limited growth wondering how long it will last. … Continue reading This grass is so thick, it must be May
Sheep Grazing Gascon Style
Driving home the other day I passed some grazing sheep. But there’s no fence there, I say to myself. Well there is a Patou des Pyrenées`doing his guardian job, even if he looks a little scruffy. Keep up the good work, dog. I guess the sheep stay in because the food is better. Well, apart … Continue reading Sheep Grazing Gascon Style
How to get Paleo meats in France
We’ve had several customers mention “Paleo” as a reason why they’ve bought Grasspunk Beef. They want 100% grass-fed beef since that’s in the Paleo style of eating. If you aren’t anywhere near us there are other grass-fed beef farms around but they are difficult to find. I only know of one other. Ask around and … Continue reading How to get Paleo meats in France
Fat Cows and No Rain
Jean took some photos from today’s move.
Brent sets up the fence for the next move. Crazy yesterday rain has turned to sun.
Seeds thrive in cow shit.
Patient cows.
They were full and fat, yet tucked in nibbling the new pasture.
Where the Bosnian vowels went
Driving off to see some pigs yesterday I passed the town of Fustérouau and figured that’s where all the surplus vowels were stored. Now I know where Clinton got them from.
Look, here’s the farm on Instagram
Jean takes way more photos than I do, so we started putting some of them up on Instagram. There’s a cute widget you can use to put the photos up on a WordPress site like this one, so there they are, in the sidebar. The deeper story behind this was that we upgraded the old … Continue reading Look, here’s the farm on Instagram
Suddenly, two shots rang out
It was a dark and stormy night. Suddenly, two shots rang out! So long as it isn’t pouring down, every night Jean and I spend some time sitting out by the edge of the Colorado paddock in a grassy area known as the Adventure Playground. Originally this area was intended to be where the kids … Continue reading Suddenly, two shots rang out
The lucerne is out on the prowl
It’s the fifth or sixth time these lucerne paddocks have been grazed or mowed this year. As we are well into fall and have had little rain the last couple of months, the plants aren’t reaching the heights of earlier in the year. Still, they are tasty for the cows and packed full of … Continue reading The lucerne is out on the prowl
some great farm blogs to improve my farming
Each day I read farm blogs. The differences between farms are immense – different climate, soils, history, size, laws, animals, markets – but there are so many energetic, inventive and just plain inspiring people out there and some of them write a blog. There’s always something to learn. The list of blogs I track is … Continue reading some great farm blogs to improve my farming
