Living off of two acres… Pasture Restoration, Dairy Sheep, Food Production
I am growing more of this grain than anything else right now. It’s an easy grower for me. It’s good in drought and poor soil which I generally have plenty of. In the grass family and related to corn, sorghum is a very small grain. One plant can produce enough seed to plant an acre. […]
A year ago we started growing comfrey. I had a few plants come up, the plant photo below came from our garden in late April. By July the plants were huge.
In North Texas, the winters are fairly mild. We’re zone 8a so the coldest it gets is high teens in January or February. But even that is too cold for potatoes. I had started growing potatoes in October (late but I had gotten busy with other projects) and was hoping that the row covers over […]
Next week my sheep will come to live our their lives on our homestead. We’re getting two pregnant ewes who should deliver end of March. These are East Friesian crosses bred for milking. Sheep’s milk is more nutritious than bovine (cow) or goat milk. It has more protein and, over all, more vitamins and minerals. […]
It’s August which in Texas means HEAT. Summer sun scorches, fields turn amber. The farmers bale the hay. A simpler but not easier life. Rewarding. Harsh, Cyclical. Priceless. For those of us who love country life, summer is full of bounty and dreams. Come dream with me!
One of the things I love about living in the country is sunsets (followed close on by sun rises). By then the (professional) work day is done, dinner cooked and served and all the other homestead chores done. It’s time to relax and enjoy what God has given us. Hope you enjoy this as much […]
I love chickens. Each has her own personality and place in the flock. In the summer, we usually provide the gals a couple of crates up near the house where they like to hang out on hot days so they can lay there rather than make the trek out to the coop. And, chickens being […]
I have been dreaming of dairy sheep for close to a year. I had wanted to get mini cows but the ever wise husband talked me into something a bit smaller yet. In researching dairy sheep I found that in blind tastings, people selected it over cow or goat milk. We have coyotes and other […]
In the years before I got chickens I researched them for size, temperament, feather color and pattern and egg laying ability. But when I got the the point where I actually got chickens, I got a little caught up with egg shell colors. It was a a wonderful discovery to learn that egg shells did […]