On the farm is it important to us to utilize the whole animal as much as we can. We keep the bones for broth, organ meat for concentrated nutrition, hooves for dog treats, send the hides to a taxidermist to make into fur rugs and have recently started to make bison skull art. This is…
In this image you can clearly see the strip of green next to the river, which is the original site for the riverfront restoration project. The strip will eventually grow into a native forest. One of the goals is to provide shade on the water to promote a healthier fish habitat and extend the greenway from…
The farm experimented with planting warm season forage and grasses this year. We don’t have irrigation for the pastures and wanted to see if we could grow forage for the dry summer months rather than having to feed hay. We planted sunhemp, sorghum sudan grass and cowpea using a no till drill. It took in some places, growing…
We have the pigs trained to follow the “pig ship”, also known as their auto feeder, shade structure and home. We walked them down the road to their next pasture. They are stoked to move out of the field and start the forest rotation, espically with the summer heat we have been experiencing. They will move this…
The farm is in the process of converting the property from annual ryegrass production to perennial orchards, pastures for livestock, habitat and restoration. This particular pasture on the right (see photo) was taken out of ryegrass production and turned into pasture for the bison four years ago. In this bunch you can see a variety of…
Austin, Becca and Maia were down at the river and it was raining. Maia noticed that there were TREES rushing down the river. Not branches, TREES. That’s when we knew we were in trouble. The farm is in a 100year flood plane, on the Coast Fork of the Willamette River. In Spring of 2019 there was…
A view of the bison corral we made from recycled tires and wood. We used a reciprocating saw (and many, many blades) to remove the inner wall of the tires. We then stretched and bolted them in-between the posts. Austin has to get on foot with the bison inside the corral at times so we figured…
The farm contracts with a breeder in Creswell. We buy piglets in the spring and raise them up on the farm until the fall when they are harvested. They are heritage breeds, typically a Berkshire cross. Photo Journal: 1. Picking up the piglets from the breeder. 2. Baby pigs 3. The “Pig Ship” – a…
We came out to the herd to check on the new baby and mom. Mom was without her calf and very upset! Turns out the baby had escaped through the cross fence. Taylor and Becca were searching for the baby and couldn’t find it anywhere. They were scratching their heads about what to do next when…
How do you get a bison across a creek? How do you get a HERD of bison across the creek? How do you do this without them ending up at the neighbors? All of these questions we needed to answer. Bear Creek is seasonal, the water level varies from no water at all to a…
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