The Pasture

After spending 4 years working on our pasture it is finally starting to come around. When we moved here the pasture was pushing 5 feet high in places and was a jumbled mess of thistle, did I mention Thistle??? Burrs and lots of other weeds. After spraying, digging and pulling the vast majority of the thistle is now gone! The goats that we purchased this year have done a great job of eating the weeds, pulling off seed heads and just doing what they are supposed to do which is browse :)I have also made it out in the pasture with our handy push mower to mow some patches. Im sure I looked odd out in the 5 acres with a push mower, but not only is it good for me but also good for the pasture. We have the pasture sub-divided and there are a couple more areas that need to be worked on. The fencing isnt up to goat standards however we do hope to have that done and available for them to munch on next year. It will be nice to see how the pasture comes up next year, we are hoping for less weeds since the goats have enjoyed munching off the seed heads and such!I have also spent time these past couple of weeks canning some pickles, freezing green beans and canning some spicy pickled green beans, which will be fun to see how they turn out.