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"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
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<blockquote data-quote="StormurShepherd" data-source="post: 7440214" data-attributes="member: 49890"><p>Just wanted to say hello to the thread as I'm a new entrant to farming and first worked on an organic egg, potato and farm a few years ago and also on various sheep farms for lambing contracts and random odd sheep tasks. </p><p></p><p>I had to take some time out of farm work due to health issues and other work, but now looking to get back into it, as I'm in a better position health and life wise to be able to make a better go of it. </p><p></p><p>One thing my time out of farming made me realise was that I didn't like and couldnt understand the way things were done, even on the organic farm in some respects. </p><p></p><p>Recently my fiancee and I are looking to find a smallholding/croft/small farm and wanted to make a go of it in ways that made sense to me and then found out about regenerative (dont shoot me! I saw how divisive people on twitter find that word) / Holistic farming methods. I'm reading Holistic Management currently and just finished Dirt to Soil which made a hell of a lot of sense to me. I've also spent far too much time watching youtube videos on it along with zoom meetings over the last few weeks. </p><p></p><p>We've just about sold out house and are going to be renting somewhere rural so we can just go when we find place to buy. Based on my chicken and sheep related experience and what i've understood so far I'll eventually be running sheep, followed by chickens in a rotational grazing system based on rest periods, but should probably run a few cows before the sheep to make the most of the grass. </p><p></p><p>I've not read the whole thread yet but wondered if running a flock of smaller sheep like Shetlands would be better than having less but bigger sheep like a Llyens for more trampling of grass etc?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StormurShepherd, post: 7440214, member: 49890"] Just wanted to say hello to the thread as I'm a new entrant to farming and first worked on an organic egg, potato and farm a few years ago and also on various sheep farms for lambing contracts and random odd sheep tasks. I had to take some time out of farm work due to health issues and other work, but now looking to get back into it, as I'm in a better position health and life wise to be able to make a better go of it. One thing my time out of farming made me realise was that I didn't like and couldnt understand the way things were done, even on the organic farm in some respects. Recently my fiancee and I are looking to find a smallholding/croft/small farm and wanted to make a go of it in ways that made sense to me and then found out about regenerative (dont shoot me! I saw how divisive people on twitter find that word) / Holistic farming methods. I'm reading Holistic Management currently and just finished Dirt to Soil which made a hell of a lot of sense to me. I've also spent far too much time watching youtube videos on it along with zoom meetings over the last few weeks. We've just about sold out house and are going to be renting somewhere rural so we can just go when we find place to buy. Based on my chicken and sheep related experience and what i've understood so far I'll eventually be running sheep, followed by chickens in a rotational grazing system based on rest periods, but should probably run a few cows before the sheep to make the most of the grass. I've not read the whole thread yet but wondered if running a flock of smaller sheep like Shetlands would be better than having less but bigger sheep like a Llyens for more trampling of grass etc? [/QUOTE]
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