permaculture

[Mark <mpludwig@facstaff.wisc.edu>]

At 08:27 AM 8/8/02 -0400, you wrote:
> Good day Ute:)
>
> Thanks for posting those paddock size calculations. That's just the kind of
> stuff that I had some recollection of but couldn't remember detail.

The problem with fixed sized paddocks is that grass growth rates and stock 
changes make them less useful than long narrow fields with high tensile 
smooth wire perimeters.  These can be sized to fit your immediate needs by 
breaking them up with polywire and step in posts.

> Like Mark and others have said resting the paddocks properly seems to be the
> real key after proper stocking.
>
> See ya!  Frank
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Mark P. Ludwig
Poultry Research Lab
University of Wisconsin -Madison
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