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My View from the Ramparts: Farmhack: My latest attempt at temporary animal fencing
I’ve spent quite a bit of the past decade trying to figure out how to create portable temporary animal fencing. My previous attempts were mostly focused on cattle because that’s what we had, but now that we have sheep and … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Tagged Animals, Equipment, Experiments, Farmhack, farmhacks, Farming, goats, pasture, projects, sheep, temporary fencing, Tools
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Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Tool finder
Somebody needs to invent a system that allows people like me to find the tools I constantly misplace on the farm. No, really. We have 185 acres. Even if I limit myself to the area of our farm buildings, we’re … Continue reading → Continue reading
Thoughts from Innisfree on the Stillwater: Planning spaces: working animals into a sustainable permaculture plan
I’ve learned a lot about utilizing the ground for food production over the past few years, and one of the things I have learned is that there is no space, whether it is a garden, a tilled field, or a … Continue reading → Continue reading
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Tagged Animals, Farming, Gardneing, Lessons, permaculture, Tools
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Farming: Good rules for rounding up wayward animals
If you grow livestock, it is almost inevitable that eventually some of them will get out of the place you keep them. This problem could result from a poorly latched gate or from an animal’s desire to see if the grass is really greener on the other side of that fence. Either way, at that […] Continue reading
Farming: The farm uniform
While I’m sure most farmers don’t think of it this way, there is a definitive uniform most of us wear as we go about our daily tasks. It’s a practical collection of clothing and tools that help us get our jobs done. Here at Innisfree Farm, the uniform is pretty well defined. At its most […] Continue reading
