We are always so happy during the warmer months, when the pastures are green and lush. It costs a fortune to hay our animals during the winter, so it's a relief to let nature feed most of them the way it was intended to. Lots of hard work went into fencing more acreage this year, and another large barn was built in a new field to ensure that the critters would have healthy graze for much of the the season. In the winter season; we use over 30 bales per day; right now, a mere dozen supplement the grass for our outdoor animals.

You can imagine how disheartening it is, then, to see our pastures turning green, not with grass, but with invasive species! Alien plants—shiny dark leaves and a tiny pink flower—are choking out the grass. Volunteers are now venturing out to tear up the offenders by hand, uprooting them entirely. We should have two months of grazing left, and we are working hard to ensure that grass is available.

If you have the time, energy, and a healthy bit of masochism, why not call us and volunteer to help? Good lord can we use all able-bodied folks to weed the fields!!