Nesting Boxes are man made structures that are built to simulate a tree cavity and provide wild birds a place to nest and raise their young. Design and location of the box will determine what type if cavity-nesting bird you will attract. I have had success with Tree Swallows, Bluebirds, Kestrels, and Northern Flickers. This…
I have redesigned my mineral buffet 3 times. Each time making it easier to pull but also more robust. I have accomplished this with heavier wood skis, quarry belt as this lid, removable tubs for cleaning and optimal location and length of the pulling chain. My buffet style feeder holds, white salt, Sulphur, dolomitic limestone,…
Rotational Grazing/Management Intensive Grazing/ Mob Grazing Grass Fed Beef have the ability to create and maintain a dense and diverse ecosystem. In bygone days the buffalo was steward to the Prairie grasslands one of most diverse and stable ecosystems to have ever existed. We must look for wisdom in the relationship between the buffalo and…
Increase Plant Diversity: If cattle are allowed to graze the property freely they will eat their favourite species down to the ground , the plant must then spend stored energy to regrow its leaf’s . The new growth is very sweet and delicious akin to candy, encouraging the cattle to re-graze the plant before it…
Why Move Laying Hens Daily During the growing season, every morning I take down a 100-foot electric wire fence and erect it one spot forward. I hitch my four wheeler to the mobile coop and I move it within the new enclosure. Moving the hens daily allows them to spread their manure/fertility equally throughout the…