permaculture

["Jordan Fink" <jordan@riseup.net>]

Read "Holisitc Management" and "The Holistic Management Handbook"
you really need both to get the full methodology for Grazing.

-jordan


> Does anyone have resources or data on mob stocking with very small
> herds?
>
> This seems crucial for applying these techniques to homestead design.
>
> For instance, someone who is doing rotational grazing of 3 sheep, in
> 600 sq. ft movable paddocks, through .5 acre of pasture.
> Their pasture is being slowly degraded just as if it were in continual
> grazing.
> I'm tentatively recommending (1) smaller enclosures, (2) more sheep if
> possible, (3) overseeding (in the fall) and frost seeding with
> desirable pasture species, and possibly (4) following the sheep with
> chickens (which now range freely).
>
> They can "cinch down" their enclosure gradually until they get the mob
> stocking effect of universal (non-picky) eating. But who knows if you
> can actually achieve that behavioral response from small numbers of
> animals? It might only emerge in larger groups. Any ideas?
>
> What kind of resources are there (if any) for calculating herd-to-area
> size ratios for intense rotational management?
> And is there any clue if existing resources will scale down to micro-
> herds?
>
> Thanks, y'all.
>
> best,
> rafter
>
>
>
> rafter t. sass
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