Stan England




I'm doing 19 things
 

How I did it
How to raise chickens
It took me
2 months
It made me
Joyful


How to raise cattle
It took me
1 year
It made me
Joyful


Recent entries
set up blacksmith shop
Making plans 19 months ago

I now have the space to set up a blacksmith shop, and I have a good start on raw materials that were left on the farm when I bought it. I’ve found a source for coal. Now I just need to decide on the location on the property and come up with plans for the structure and forge.



Raise Soay sheep
start at the very beginning... 20 months ago

I have the ranch now with the sheep shed and fenced pasture. I just bought two rams this weekend and will be transporting them down in a couple of days.

I think we are set to get started, grass hay ready, bag of feed if needed, bedding material.

Probably need to buy a manger for the hay and an auto water trough. I want to put some electric mesh around the pasture and put up some irrigation around the pasture.

The pasture needs to be expanded to a couple other areas so I can rotate the flock and let the pasture recover.



raise cattle (read all 2 entries…)
Doing the planning 20 months ago

I now have the ranch which has a 25×30 3-sided cattle shed. The water and power are run to the shed. There is fencing all around the 40 acres as well as corrals & gates around the shed.

Next step I think is to get the hay, salt/minerals, squeeze chute/head gate and build a loading ramp.



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