Tag: Mud
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Managing Mud
The article below has some simple, cost-effective solutions to managing mud on your farm or ranch. there are also a few more in-depth, long term solutions if you have the time and resources to complete them. We have used wood chips in high traffic areas of our farm with good results. And, we get free…
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Heavy Use Pad DIY
If you raise livestock, chances are you’ve dealt with mud. Every year is different, some more challenging than others when it comes to managing livestock and mud. Here is a great DIY video on building a heavy use pad for feeding or high-traffic areas on your farm or homestead. https://youtu.be/euvTtLgaThs?si=aeJKf3S87E3zL8hR
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Welcome to Spring:
By Shelley Hatfield/Whippoorwill Pines Farm Spring is a beautiful time of the year!! All the new babies, flowers popping their heads up showing off their colors, everyone itching to get their hands in the dirt!! But that also brings some problems if you have cows. Here are a few things that I have found that…
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Keeping Cows in the Winter Part #4
By Shelley Hatfield/Whippoorwill Pines Farm Part #4 of this series is MUD, ugh!!! I’m thinking that most of us have dealt with mud at one point or another. Some of us deal with mud more than others. Right now we are dealing with a lot of mud around my place. You have to really watch…