Pasture Bouquet and Herd Greeters

An ideal clover patch for the cows to produce lots of high energy milk. It has a beauty all of its own before the teeth and hooves make their trek through the field.The herd greets the camera as they graze the new strip along the ever moving fenceline of the Alice...

Here are the photos of our herd from years past that show the actual reality of how the cows cast themselves across the fields while they are grazing. They start at the back of the barnyard on the hillside and then make the trek out to the field over their stream...

Cast Off to the Fields

They eagerly pass through an alley after milking and bypass several closed gates. As they reach the pasture of the day and step through the gate, the line of cows or sheep spreads out happily in all directions. The pasture has been growing for three weeks since it was...

A Morning Snort

This morning, as I like to do on those mornings I’m not milking, I walked up the hill behind my house to practice Tai Chi. Up there, I leave my worries behind. They are insignificant as I look out on the expansive view. The bright sun and clouds work together to...