Here is the top pasture after mowing and before any fertilizer is added.

The pastures were bare soil and weeds when I moved in. As the soil is very rocky, I made the decision to overseed rather than plow everything under and stir up more rocks. The first website I visited was http://www.safergrass.org/…

This is the middle pasture on July 10, 2009, after mowing and before applying Dynamite Prescription Treatment and Dynamite CCF.

Just for fun, I’ve started another blog documenting my experiments with pastures, runways, forage, fencing and paddock paradise principles. Click to link or go to my profile to see the Quercus Knoll blog. Carriehttp://www.carrieeastman.com/http://www.oakhillfaintinggoats.com/

Oak Hill has roughly 3 acres of cleared grazing land. We also have woods available for the goats and horses. Our land is hilly, moderately steep and rocky. The soil is high iron and clay. This aerial photo was taken…

I found these links while doing research for a client. I encourage all people who share their lives with various critters to form their own conclusions about appropriate care for the animals. These links present a viewpoint not as commonly…

The first kids were born early in the morning Saturday May 9. Mimosa had 2: a boy and a girl. Carlotta will kids any day now, and Chryanthemum will kid in August. The video is posted below. As cute as…

Wow, where did the time go?!? My last post was back in March. Much has been going on here. The Fainting Goats are due to kid any day now. Carlotta and Mimosa are huge – waddling around like they swalled…

I’ve been sitting with the horses almost every day. Sometime I sit in the morning, near the water trough so they can stop by as they come in to drink. Tonight I sat out in the field to watch the…

From the time I was a toddler, I dreamed of being friends with horses. Dreamed of a partnership – a horse that wanted to be ridden, wanted to learn and teach and explore.I’m realizing that all horses are capable of…