Monday, May 28, 2012

Getting ready to Move on Out

Well the sheep have grazed down their current paddock as far as it can go without me worrying whether or not they will have enough to eat. They got a lot of the dandelions down, not so much of the bedstraw, very little plantain, and left the grass that is going to seed. I guess once it gets to a certain age it loses the flavor they like. It looks as though I could keep them there longer if I trained them to eat bedstraw specifically, but at the moment their services are required elsewhere. At some point soon, a chronology of their grazing will be posted detailing the before and after conditions of the pasture, and the conclusions regarding the actual fence row maintenance. Will try to weight them today before moving them to see if they maintained weight in this spot, and also to see if the wormer has helped Lil Boy. His body condition does seem to be improving so that will be a good thing to confirm. Next stop: the area surrounding the hoop house, mostly tall grasses, few weeds.

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