permaculture

[FranksFarm@aol.com]

Good day:)

In a message dated 9/16/02 11:49:33 AM, loren@farwalker.com writes:

<< Maybe a better solution would be to have fewer cattle, so that you don't 
have the pressure to convert space that could be performing other useful 
functions into additional pasture? >>

Hi, Loren always good to hear from you.

Good point...except in order to make cattle profitable enough to produce 
$10-$20K I need to actually increase numbers to where I can sell calves by 
the load...50,000 LB live weight. Of course it would be possible IF you could 
partner with a few like minded cattle folks, but that's not easy. Folks are 
pretty independent. And being a "furiner" local speak for "foreigner" makes 
it so much tougher.

Plus I need livestock to keep the fields grazed...else weeds would soon 
reclaim them. In fact when I first bought the place I could not get down here 
for a few months. Weeds and briars had already taken over large areas. Since 
I use no chemicals I rely on livestock, bush hogging, and hand cutting. It's 
a never ending job:) But I've made progress:)

Believe me when I first came down here I had no intention of becoming a 
cattle man:)

I spend a lot of time with the cattle...and am enjoying it. But there are 
always unexpected problems that seem to require attention at the worst of 
times:)


See ya!   Frank

See ya!