Healthy Soils = Healthy Animal Feed
September already! There is a slight chill at night and the leaves are starting to change. With these early hints that winter is approaching, my thoughts turn to next year’s pasture and browse. Soils fed in fall have all winter…
Fencing, Pasture Design and Chargers at Oak Hill & Barakah Farm
I’m in the process of updating all the fencing at our new location Barakah Farm, so this is a great time to revisit the principles and materials. For those new to this blog, we are fencing in goats, horses (mares,…
Oak Hill fall musings & planning for 2016
Boy, it’s been ages since I updated folks on doings at Oak Hill. You may (or may not) have figured out that a variety of species share Oak Hill with us. In residence are horses, fainting goats, muscovy ducks, buckeye…
Tax time and pastures
You might be wondering at the title. What does tax season have to do with pastures?Well, for me, tax season also means looking back at all the expenses and income for the past year and looking for ways to improve…
Planting forages for browsers & grazers
The first step in planting or replanting your pastures is knowing the land use history. Talk to your neighbors, they will often be the best source of information. When I bought Oak Hill, the pastures were bare red clay soil,…
Now on Twitter!
You can follow the Oak Hill fainting goats at http://twitter.com/oakhillfainters Also, the rehabilitation, health maintenance and performance enhancement business Horses, Humans & Healing is on Twitter at http://twitter.com/hhhealing Watch for posts on the blog next week on pasture nutrition at…
Updated! Fencing & Fence Chargers
As I’m shopping for fencing for the runways, and also am replacing the fence charger, this seemed a timely topic.There are four types of fences at Oak Hill:The perimeter pasture/runway fence is permanent and must keep the horses on the…
