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Do goats prefer tree leaves?
Posted Thu Jun 11 06:29:32 2015 by Anna
Poultry netting for goats
Posted Sun Nov 30 07:47:04 2014 by Anna
Soil mystery solved
Posted Tue Oct 14 07:58:17 2014 by Anna
Laughing Water pastured meat
Posted Mon Jul 14 07:06:57 2014 by Anna
Chicken-proofing livestock panels
Posted Thu May 1 07:42:46 2014 by Anna
Planning fencing for the new pasture
Posted Tue Apr 8 07:50:31 2014 by Anna
Collecting firewood in the snow
Posted Wed Mar 26 08:10:32 2014 by Anna
USDA-approved agroforestry
Posted Thu Nov 14 12:00:48 2013 by Anna
The design of New Forest Farm
Posted Tue Nov 12 12:01:56 2013 by Anna
Cattle panel attachment
Posted Sat Nov 9 14:03:12 2013 by mark
Medium-scale silvopasture systems
Posted Fri Nov 8 12:01:41 2013 by Anna
Cattle panel pasture building
Posted Thu Nov 7 16:09:54 2013 by mark
Turning old fields back into pastures
Posted Thu Nov 7 12:01:39 2013 by Anna
Pig pasture update
Posted Thu Apr 11 15:37:24 2013 by mark
Too sloped?
Posted Sat Apr 6 07:53:45 2013 by Anna
Pig pasture clearing
Posted Thu Mar 21 15:23:38 2013 by mark
Grain-based livestock farming
Posted Wed Dec 19 12:00:20 2012 by Anna
Streamlining chicken pasturing
Posted Tue Nov 6 12:00:26 2012 by Anna
How much land do we use to grow our own food?
Posted Wed Jun 13 07:44:21 2012 by Anna
Winter pasture options
Posted Fri Mar 16 12:01:17 2012 by Anna
Summer pastures
Posted Thu Mar 15 12:01:16 2012 by Anna
Plants for spring and fall grazing
Posted Wed Mar 14 12:01:18 2012 by Anna
Permanent pasture fences
Posted Tue Mar 13 12:01:23 2012 by Anna
All Flesh is Grass
Posted Mon Mar 12 12:06:34 2012 by Anna
Endophytes help plants, harm animals
Posted Mon Mar 12 08:15:21 2012 by Anna
Grasses begin to grow again
Posted Fri Mar 9 07:32:25 2012 by Anna
Pigging out in a food forest
Posted Thu Mar 1 12:00:38 2012 by Anna
Mob grazing vs. Voisin grazing
Posted Fri Feb 3 12:00:35 2012 by Anna
Pasturing with nature
Posted Thu Feb 2 12:00:34 2012 by Anna
Starting slowly with pasturing
Posted Wed Feb 1 12:01:26 2012 by Anna
Managing animals with mob grazing
Posted Tue Jan 31 12:01:30 2012 by Anna
How to start mob grazing
Posted Mon Jan 30 12:07:00 2012 by Anna
Trampling grass to renovate poor pastures
Posted Fri Jan 27 12:01:19 2012 by Anna
How to stockpile pasture
Posted Thu Jan 26 12:01:16 2012 by Anna
Stockpiling winter forage
Posted Wed Jan 25 12:01:20 2012 by Anna
Recovery period and trampling define mob grazing
Posted Tue Jan 24 12:01:20 2012 by Anna
Greg Judy on mob grazing
Posted Mon Jan 23 12:01:19 2012 by Anna
Measuring areas on a map
Posted Sat Dec 31 08:30:35 2011 by Anna
Soil pH
Posted Thu Nov 10 12:01:14 2011 by Anna
Grasses and legumes for intensive pastures
Posted Fri Oct 28 12:01:08 2011 by Anna
Coping with uneven pasture growth
Posted Thu Oct 27 12:01:10 2011 by Anna
Pasture occupation and recovery periods
Posted Wed Oct 26 12:01:07 2011 by Anna
Pasture ecology
Posted Tue Oct 25 12:01:05 2011 by Anna
Greener Pastures on Your Side of the Fence
Posted Mon Oct 24 12:24:23 2011 by Anna
Coming home to roost
Posted Sat Oct 22 18:26:53 2011 by mark
Near miss
Posted Sun Oct 16 08:46:00 2011 by Anna
Preview of chicken experiments for 2012
Posted Fri Oct 14 12:01:03 2011 by Anna
Seed ball results
Posted Fri Oct 14 07:50:08 2011 by Anna
Feed conversion rate for homegrown broilers
Posted Fri Oct 7 12:01:03 2011 by Anna
Plants chickens like to eat
Posted Wed Oct 5 12:00:58 2011 by Anna
Getting started with rotational chicken pastures
Posted Tue Oct 4 12:00:59 2011 by Anna
2011 chicken experiment conclusions
Posted Mon Oct 3 12:00:48 2011 by Anna
Appalachian silvopasture
Posted Mon Oct 3 07:24:33 2011 by Anna
Bringing Salatin's methods to the backyard
Posted Fri Sep 23 12:00:50 2011 by Anna
Electric fences for pasture rotation
Posted Thu Sep 22 12:00:43 2011 by Anna
Maintainer livestock: Chickens, sheep, and cows
Posted Wed Sep 21 12:00:39 2011 by Anna
Colonizing livestock: Pigs and goats
Posted Tue Sep 20 12:00:44 2011 by Anna
Salatin-style pasturing
Posted Mon Sep 19 12:00:44 2011 by Anna
Training our dog to respect chicken boundaries
Posted Wed Sep 14 16:31:24 2011 by mark
Temporary poultry pasture fence experiment
Posted Mon Sep 12 15:55:00 2011 by mark
The place of sheep on a homestead
Posted Mon Sep 12 07:34:37 2011 by Anna
New ground for chicken pastures
Posted Sun Sep 11 07:41:45 2011 by Anna
Clearing new ground with animals
Posted Thu Sep 8 07:21:25 2011 by Anna
Renovating the chicken pasture
Posted Wed Sep 7 07:53:48 2011 by Anna
Wet chicks
Posted Sun Sep 4 07:54:51 2011 by Anna
How many miniature sheep per acre?
Posted Mon Aug 29 06:58:02 2011 by Anna
Or maybe miniature sheep?
Posted Sun Aug 28 07:15:51 2011 by Anna
Fresh forage for week old chicks
Posted Fri Aug 26 07:42:27 2011 by Anna
Creating a deer path obstacle
Posted Sat Aug 20 15:45:18 2011 by mark
Nigerian dwarf goats for sustainable dairy
Posted Thu Aug 18 07:01:34 2011 by Anna
Chicken independence
Posted Mon Aug 15 15:29:15 2011 by mark
Keeping deer out of the garden with permaculture
Posted Thu Aug 11 07:45:40 2011 by Anna
Ornery, free range chickens
Posted Thu Jul 7 07:51:06 2011 by Anna
Hidden eggs
Posted Tue Jul 5 08:22:19 2011 by Anna
Virtual chicken pasture tour
Posted Wed Jun 8 16:50:17 2011 by mark
How to Keep dogs away from chicken scraps
Posted Sun May 8 14:58:24 2011 by mark
Screen door chicken gate
Posted Mon Apr 18 16:54:16 2011 by mark
Chicken pasture gate construction
Posted Thu Apr 14 16:36:02 2011 by mark
Hardy almonds
Posted Sat Apr 2 07:57:47 2011 by Anna
Chicken pasture fence building
Posted Fri Mar 25 16:49:30 2011 by mark
What do chickens eat on pasture?
Posted Fri Mar 25 12:00:34 2011 by Anna
Chicken pasture size and rotation
Posted Thu Mar 24 12:00:49 2011 by Anna
Developing the perfect pastured chicken breed
Posted Tue Mar 22 12:00:38 2011 by Anna
Chicken forest pasture experiment: Year 2
Posted Mon Mar 21 12:00:50 2011 by Anna
Moving a flock of chickens
Posted Sat Mar 19 07:25:28 2011 by Anna
Low budget garden gate promotion
Posted Thu Mar 17 16:24:02 2011 by mark
Buying a whole lamb
Posted Wed Mar 16 08:43:10 2011 by Anna
Chicken pasture coop 2.0
Posted Wed Feb 9 18:58:22 2011 by mark
Backyard grain experiments
Posted Mon Jan 3 12:00:38 2011 by Anna
Chicken incubation, broiler, and pasture experiments
Posted Wed Dec 29 12:00:33 2010 by Anna
Persimmons in permaculture
Posted Mon Nov 1 12:00:57 2010 by Anna
Wood chip mulch
Posted Wed Oct 20 07:00:37 2010 by Anna
Chicken pasture outdoor nest box
Posted Wed Oct 13 17:41:48 2010 by mark
Chicken pasture back door
Posted Mon Oct 11 15:39:36 2010 by mark
Chicken forest pasture experiment: Year 1
Posted Thu Oct 7 07:52:33 2010 by Anna
Pasture flock update
Posted Thu Jul 22 20:21:24 2010 by mark
Weed buffet alternative
Posted Wed Jun 16 16:11:28 2010 by mark
Zareba K9 electric review
Posted Sat May 22 17:00:53 2010 by mark
Baby chick moving day
Posted Fri May 21 16:02:13 2010 by mark
Chicken pasture division
Posted Wed May 19 16:05:52 2010 by mark
Chicken pasture gate incursion
Posted Mon May 17 17:07:27 2010 by mark
Chicken pasture contest winner
Posted Fri May 14 07:28:13 2010 by Anna
Electric chicken pasture nose wire
Posted Wed May 12 15:15:15 2010 by mark
Chicken pasture problems part 2
Posted Tue May 11 16:54:02 2010 by mark
Chicken pasture problems
Posted Fri May 7 16:42:45 2010 by mark
Chicken pasture contest
Posted Sun May 2 07:55:31 2010 by Anna
Forest pasture top wire
Posted Mon Apr 26 17:29:38 2010 by Mark
Chicken TV
Posted Mon Apr 26 08:21:23 2010 by Anna
Chicken pasture gate brick stop
Posted Sat Apr 24 19:35:17 2010 by mark
Pasture protection
Posted Thu Apr 22 16:02:11 2010 by mark
Pasture progress
Posted Wed Apr 21 16:13:10 2010 by mark
Chicken pasture coop delay
Posted Mon Apr 5 16:54:55 2010 by mark
Chicken pasture coop estimate
Posted Fri Apr 2 15:45:59 2010 by mark
Chicken pasture coop day 2
Posted Thu Apr 1 17:01:06 2010 by mark
Grains in the chicken forest pasture
Posted Thu Apr 1 12:00:29 2010 by Anna
Chicken pasture coop building plan
Posted Wed Mar 31 16:11:23 2010 by mark
Chicken pasture coop notes
Posted Sun Mar 14 17:34:33 2010 by mark
Dark Cornish chickens
Posted Wed Mar 3 08:34:20 2010 by Anna
Pasture plan
Posted Tue Dec 8 08:10:20 2009 by Anna
Edible hedges
Posted Fri Dec 4 12:00:19 2009 by Anna
Sheep and goats in forest pastures
Posted Thu Dec 3 12:00:21 2009 by Anna
Pigs are our top choice for forest pasturing
Posted Wed Dec 2 12:00:07 2009 by Anna
Two visions of forest pasturing
Posted Tue Dec 1 12:00:22 2009 by Anna
Forest gardening avoids animals
Posted Mon Nov 30 12:00:24 2009 by Anna
Better butter
Posted Sun Jun 7 08:54:27 2009 by Anna


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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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