The carnage is complete aka all swale that end swale

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contour swales, swales, swales on contour, water harvesting swales

This last week at our farm has been intense. It’s been all about the swales.

Silent but not quiet

Things have been conspicuously silent on both the RLH and TA blogs but I can assure you, life has been anything but quiet. In fact, it’s been all systems go for some weeks now, particularly this last week.

Managing the trees

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cutting firewood, firewood, kindling, logs, making mulch, managing trees, mulch, mulcher, trees

Woods management, forestry, agroforestry, general tree cleanup. Whatever you wish to call it, it’s been a process we’ve been engaged in since we first settled on our block here at Twinny Acres.

Managing the grass

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Dexter steer, Dun Dexter steer, Fergie, Ferguson tractor, grass, keeping the grass down, mowing, pasture, pasture management, sheep, short leg dexter, slashing, steer, TE20 Ferguson, Yellow, yellow Ferguson

Twinny Acres is currently twenty acres of farmland or pasture. Aside from a few trees in a loose wind break and a dam there is grass. Given that it’s now spring here, the grass is starting to grow.

Starting on the set up

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contour swales, dam, swales, swales on contour, water, water harvesting swales

Taking on twenty acres is a big task. For someone who grew up on the 1/4 acre suburban block, moving to 1/2 an acre here has been a challenge at times. Have we bitten off more than we can chew with purchasing 20 acres? If I am honest with myself, late at night when the darkness crowds in and there’s nothing to distract me, the doubts sidle up alongside and I ask myself this. But the truth of the matter is, only time will tell and I am determined to succeed.