[Market Farming] Interesting method of feeding pigs and chickens using rotational and orchard grazing.
Lawrence F. London, Jr.
venaurafarm at bellsouth.net
Sun Jan 17 13:40:32 EST 2010
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Allan.Sterbinsky
1 permaculture / permaculture / Re: Polyface Farm on: Today at
05:55:02 AM
Twice I have traveled across the US to visit Joel Salatin's Polyface
farm. I recommend him highly. Although he is not a permaculture
purist, we can all learn a lot from his ideas and practices. For
example, I use a modification of his movable chicken house idea. I
build the house narrow enough to fit between the rows of my garden. The
chickens weed and fertilize the garden for me and give me meat. I am
going to experiment with using that same idea (rotational grazing) to
weed and fertilize my raspberries and grapes. When I was in France, I
noticed that the chickens spent the winter in the orchards. (I also
noticed huge piles of compost at the sides of the fields) There is so
much to learn! I'll let you know how well the chickens work in my
raspberries this year.
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Allan.Sterbinsky
2 permaculture / farm income / Re: $4000 per ham! yes, four thousand
dollars on: Today at 05:36:29 AM
When I raised pigs (small scale), I used rotational grazing for them in
the forest. I fenced in a few acres (called a paddock) and let them
graze for a week or so. I then moved them to the next paddock. After
grazing all the paddocks, I would return them to the first paddock and
start the cycle over again. By the time they got back to the first
paddock, the forest plants had all regrown and were young and fresh
plants for the pigs. The pigs loved the young forest plants and refused
to eat the corn I put out for them. The neighbors said it was the best
tasting pork and it reminded them of the pork they ate at their
grandparents house.
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