Living off of two acres… Pasture Restoration, Dairy Sheep, Food Production
There are so many reasons why sheep benefit from willow but I’ll start with why us shepherds benefit from willow. Where I live in Texas, we’ve had two back to back very hot summers with no rain. As a result, my pasture went mostly dormant as you can see in the bottom right image above. […]
Living in North Central Texas means we go through periods of drought each summer. Every July, the rains stop almost completely until late August or early September. Much of our pasture goes dormant. That makes grazing a lot less nutritious for our sheep and over all taxes our soil and all the life it supports. […]