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Before we started farming the property in 2013, the farm had been leased out to a grass seed/annual rye grass farmer. The farm is around 320 acres, so we take back portions of the property as we can manage them. We needed a large grazing animal to help us manage the space and restore soil health. Fortunately the…
Did you know that the diverse ecosystems of grasslands can sequester a vast amount of carbon? Perennial grasses have roots that can extend up to 15 feet underground and literally trap carbon from the atmosphere using photosynthesis. Unlike forests which store carbon biomass in the form of leaves and wood, the carbon from grass is stored in…
1. It starts with removing the excess flesh and muscle. This can be done by skinning the skull, but most of the time we let the bugs do the work by placing the skulls in an old chicken coop to protect them from predators and allowing the bugs to come in and eat the flesh…
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…
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…
The farm has placed miles of underground pipeline to our rotational pasture system to water the herd. In past years we have filled up a 1000 gallon tank and hauled it to various pastures. The old system used lots of diesel, got stuck in the mud, we were always worried it was going to tip over and…
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