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2023-06-17 03:16:10

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Moving the sheep water trough, milking stanchion and shade shelter all at once to the next paddock.

I've been wanting to make a skid for the sheep water trough so I can move everything at once when switching paddocks and also avoid having to empty/refill the trough with each move.

I finally had a good reason to figure out a solution when we decided we wanted to have a mobile milking stanchion as well.

I was able use the sled I built for collecting maple sap over the winter as the skid for the water trough.

Then I mounted the milk stanchion (built with leftover materials from other projects) in the suscovich style chicken tractor I built back in 2018 that wasn't really being used much.

Everything can can now be pulled together as one train from paddock to paddock saving me tons of time. The same is true for being able to milk the dairy sheep out in the field each day rather than walk them all the way to wherever the stanchion was.

Produce no waste, a big permaculture principle being implemented here. First of all the shade shelter is built from a repurposed tarp shelter after it was destroyed in a wind storm. The sap collection sled now has a purpose outside of winter and was built with what was laying around as was the milking stanchion. The chicken tractor wasn't being utilized either. Now we are taking full advantage of the stuff we built (and much of it with trash).

#permaculture #permies #homesteading #grownostr #selfsovereignty #rotationalgrazing #rawmilk #dairysheep #sheep #sheepmilk #hairsheep #katahdin #producenowaste #regenag #regenerativeagriculture #localfood

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Katahdin hair sheep grazing sparse pasture

On the first grazing loop this year I decided to skip these next couple paddocks because the grass wasn't growing well. These paddocks are the most sparse on the homestead. I will lightly graze them for a day with the sheep to provide some nutrients and impact but not put too much stress on the grass. I need to borrow a manure spreader and put a couple loads of composted horse manure down to kick start some better growth.

#permaculture #permies #homesteading #grownostr #rotationalgrazing #pasturemanagement #sheep #katahdin #hairsheep #regenag #regenerativeagriculture #lamb #localfood #selfsovereignty

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