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Thanks for the advice, High Plainsman! Your pasture looks great. Wonderful to have grass along with trees that provide shade, fix nitrogen and provide food for sheep and bees all at the same time! I'll look into weed barrier. Your example has me excited to give this a try!

Steve and Amber Kenyon of Alberta team up every other week through the winter months to host a series of open discussions with some of the greats in regenerative ag from both Canada and the US. I've learned so much from spending a few hours a month in these free and wide open discussions. If...

Thanks, Doug! Always good to hear the nitty gritty on this. I especially liked hearing about your success in keeping the sheep contained even on hay in a small area. What type of posts do you use?

I've learned so much about regenerative ranching from Albertan stockman and grass farmer Steve Kenyon. He's one of those rare people able to integrate land, water, livestock, wildlife (he especially loves dragonflies and dung beetles!), economics, and quality of life for his family in their...

David Fernandez wrote: I don't raise goats so can't attest to the quality of the second publication, but the one on lambs is comprehensive, current, and tremendously helpful, Dr. Fernandez. I wish I'd had the publication 15 years ago! Thanks for generating and posting the information!

How to have your cake -- well, bread -- and eat it too: integrate goats and sheep in small grain farming! Cool article at the Fibershed website today...

Thanks for your reply, JustinM. I appreciate all ideas -- you never know when someone will have exactly the answer needed. I'll need to keep looking though because: I've used Gallagher SmartFence and at least in my application, my three strand fence is more effective and less expensive. My...

Hey, anyone have experience confining wool sheep with a single strand of polywire electric fence? I heard an inspiring talk by Greg Judy on the topic, and have also heard rumors of mere mortals holding flocks with one wire at 10" above the ground. When I need sheep to stay put, electronet is my...

Thank you for the advice, kfavor!

Thank you, kfavor! Re the use of compost in the planting holes: I read a caution somewhere that the tree roots might not elongate beyond the compost-enriched zone if there was a significant difference in soil fertility and texture outside that zone. The recommendation was along the lines of all...

My sheep need shade! I love birds! I want to grow trees and shrubs to help with both, but haven't had great success getting woody plants to grow here in northcentral Montana. I would like to establish site-adapted shrubs and trees that eventually won't require supplemental water (11" precip...

This is very interesting! My garden depends wholly on rainwater as our groundwater has high pH and a lot of salts. With scanty summer precip (less than 2 inches this drought year, and barely enough for vegies even in an average year), I depend on stored rainwater to irrigate. I catch water off...