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| There is also some nice grass on the place.. |
Purchased in Oct of 2011. Our goal is to improve the pasture through holistic rotation. It is a little 10 acre farm in permanent pasture that is irrigated from a ditch. This picture was taken in Oct. of 11. Previous to our purchase the fields were being grazed by horses. You can see there is a lot of bare ground in the field.
One of our goals is to have plush green pasture. The soil needs improvement, its nice, but having horses grazing created some bare spots and too many weeds came back through near the drinker/barn.
Hi Carrie
ReplyDeleteAs to your question on my blog, we raise Navajo Churro sheep. Here is the link on Wiki. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Navajo-Churro_sheep
We have been raising them for several years, and love that they are native to the southwest. This was one of our criteria when we began looking for farm animals as we wanted to not fight the desert with animals. We live south of Alamogordo and truly are in the desert so we wanted animals that would eat the natural things of the desert.
Hope that helps oh and I am slowly adding different lamb recipes to my sidebar, although we have been eating grilled lamb and ground lamb in many things, I am trying to share new recipes for others.
Jennifer
Thanks for that info Jennifer. I had sort of forgotten about this blog, its my lofty ideas so far. Have not gotten it off the ground. Look forward to checking out your lamb recipes. I am new to eating it. What about your chickens? Do you have a specific breed that works better in the climate here?
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