Monday 4/21
No video.
Tuesday 4/22
No video.
Wednesday 4/23
Got some rain. The sheep don’t like being the follower in leader-follower. This video shows how I setup the row so that I can do leader-follower.
Thursday 4/24
My strategy for managing horn flies (and other flies.)
More rain. We are supposed to be getting a big storm.
Friday 4/25
Leader-follower did not solve the backgrazing problem. I am going to graze this row “backwards”, towards the water source, to see if they will stop backgrazing.
Saturday 4/26
I opened up the pond and the cattle took a bath. I thought they might go for the grass first but I was wrong.
The rest of the pasture is looking really good, with grass well past my knees. Historically this part of the pasture did not perform well.
Sunday 4/27
Grazing backwards seems to be working. The sheep were taking shade under the tree but they haven’t been eating grass in the easternmost part of the row.