Comments on: New cows! http://tinyfarmblog.com/new-cows/ Daily photo-journal of organic market gardening: growing local food with two acres and some tools...! Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:34:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: HOOP http://tinyfarmblog.com/new-cows/#comment-17057 HOOP Tue, 29 Jan 2008 19:27:19 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/21/new-cows/#comment-17057 HEY THANKS FOR EMAIL AND I FINALLY READ UP TILL I FIGURED IT OUT, YEAH,LOL. HOPE BABIES ARE DOING GOOD. HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANKS AGAIN. HEY THANKS FOR EMAIL AND I FINALLY READ UP TILL I FIGURED IT OUT, YEAH,LOL. HOPE BABIES ARE DOING GOOD. HAVE A GREAT DAY. THANKS AGAIN.

]]> By: Mike (tfb) http://tinyfarmblog.com/new-cows/#comment-17026 Mike (tfb) Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:25:32 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/21/new-cows/#comment-17026 <b>Mountain Dweller:</b> Calves are pretty sturdy, string wouldn't work! :) They're around 90lbs. <b>Travis:</b> I'm gonna build another grow rack soon. I've just gone through what's turning into an annual thinking through of whether to get high intensity lights, or stick with fluorescents. I've had my eye on a metal-halide set-up that's supposed to provide primary light to an 8'x8' area, which is the equivalent of three racks. But I think I'm sticking to racks again this year. I'll post my bit of lighting experience in the forum, I'll start a lighting topic! <b>Jason K. & Deborah:</b> You both have such different operations in different parts of the world, and I find both (and the detail on your blogs) so...cool! And they're like different parts of a bigger thing!! You should make sure to read each other's! <b>Jen:</b> The cows (and goats) are on the farm but they belong to Bob, and they're not directly part of the veggie market garden. If all goes according to plan, we'll be starting chickens soon, in a small way, and that'll be my own first time with raising animals for myself. I helped take care of 20-30 goats daily for a year or so, but that was just to help out. <b>HOOP:</b> Too bad you didn't get your URL entered... Just type it in! I try to post an explanation of what I'm up to in the garden, for better or for worse, right here through the year. Every garden and gardener is kinda different! Mountain Dweller: Calves are pretty sturdy, string wouldn’t work! :) They’re around 90lbs.

Travis: I’m gonna build another grow rack soon. I’ve just gone through what’s turning into an annual thinking through of whether to get high intensity lights, or stick with fluorescents. I’ve had my eye on a metal-halide set-up that’s supposed to provide primary light to an 8′x8′ area, which is the equivalent of three racks. But I think I’m sticking to racks again this year. I’ll post my bit of lighting experience in the forum, I’ll start a lighting topic!

Jason K. & Deborah: You both have such different operations in different parts of the world, and I find both (and the detail on your blogs) so…cool! And they’re like different parts of a bigger thing!! You should make sure to read each other’s!

Jen: The cows (and goats) are on the farm but they belong to Bob, and they’re not directly part of the veggie market garden. If all goes according to plan, we’ll be starting chickens soon, in a small way, and that’ll be my own first time with raising animals for myself. I helped take care of 20-30 goats daily for a year or so, but that was just to help out.

HOOP: Too bad you didn’t get your URL entered… Just type it in! I try to post an explanation of what I’m up to in the garden, for better or for worse, right here through the year. Every garden and gardener is kinda different!

]]> By: HOOP http://tinyfarmblog.com/new-cows/#comment-16918 HOOP Mon, 28 Jan 2008 02:21:40 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/21/new-cows/#comment-16918 HEY GREAT NEW BABYS, MY COWS ARE ALSO CALVING, SO FAR THIS YEAR HAVEN'T HAD TO PULL ONE. I HAVE BEEN PUTTING PIC'S OF BABY'S ON MY BLOG TOO BUT NONE AS NEW AS YOURS!!! ANY BITS OF INFO FOR NEW ORGANIC GARDENERS? THANKS HEY GREAT NEW BABYS, MY COWS ARE ALSO CALVING, SO FAR THIS YEAR HAVEN’T HAD TO PULL ONE. I HAVE BEEN PUTTING PIC’S OF BABY’S ON MY BLOG TOO BUT NONE AS NEW AS YOURS!!!
ANY BITS OF INFO FOR NEW ORGANIC GARDENERS? THANKS

]]> By: Heirloom Gardener http://tinyfarmblog.com/new-cows/#comment-16876 Heirloom Gardener Sun, 27 Jan 2008 18:10:35 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/21/new-cows/#comment-16876 Wow, that's fascinating and beautiful. I didn't know so much interventional animal "midwifery" was involved. Thank you for sharing--I love your blog. Wow, that’s fascinating and beautiful. I didn’t know so much interventional animal “midwifery” was involved. Thank you for sharing–I love your blog.

]]> By: Jen http://tinyfarmblog.com/new-cows/#comment-16614 Jen Fri, 25 Jan 2008 21:27:40 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/21/new-cows/#comment-16614 Oh Wow! This was a really interesting post for me, being fairly far removed from any working farm. Do you raise the cattle to sell, or just for your families needs? I imagine that having animals on a micro-farm takes it to a whole other level of complexity--did you start out with just vegetables? or have you had animals the whole time? Oh Wow! This was a really interesting post for me, being fairly far removed from any working farm. Do you raise the cattle to sell, or just for your families needs? I imagine that having animals on a micro-farm takes it to a whole other level of complexity–did you start out with just vegetables? or have you had animals the whole time?

]]> By: Deborah http://tinyfarmblog.com/new-cows/#comment-16602 Deborah Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:24:57 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/21/new-cows/#comment-16602 Thanks from me also for adding my blog. I'm probably just nosey but I love seeing how other people do things on their farms and gardens. Thats one thing I've realised with my moving about the place, that something that you take for granted can only be done one way turns out to have many other ways to be done. I find that fascinating and so useful if something I'm doing doesn't work or I haven't a clue where to start on something I want to do. So thanks for posting all your experiences, I've really enjoyed reading through them Thanks from me also for adding my blog.

I’m probably just nosey but I love seeing how other people do things on their farms and gardens. Thats one thing I’ve realised with my moving about the place, that something that you take for granted can only be done one way turns out to have many other ways to be done. I find that fascinating and so useful if something I’m doing doesn’t work or I haven’t a clue where to start on something I want to do.

So thanks for posting all your experiences, I’ve really enjoyed reading through them

]]> By: Jason Kramer http://tinyfarmblog.com/new-cows/#comment-16595 Jason Kramer Fri, 25 Jan 2008 16:44:09 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/21/new-cows/#comment-16595 Awesome. We are a stocker steer operation but pictures like this make me want to do a little cow/calfing. Plus, who doesn't want to hook a come-a-long onto some legs and wench them out. Got to do this one time but unfortunately it was a still born. Really enjoy your farm. Thanks for putting our farm on your blog links. Awesome. We are a stocker steer operation but pictures like this make me want to do a little cow/calfing. Plus, who doesn’t want to hook a come-a-long onto some legs and wench them out. Got to do this one time but unfortunately it was a still born. Really enjoy your farm. Thanks for putting our farm on your blog links.

]]> By: Steed Farm Blog http://tinyfarmblog.com/new-cows/#comment-16583 Steed Farm Blog Fri, 25 Jan 2008 14:05:37 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/21/new-cows/#comment-16583 Congratulations on your births! I always find the birthing process so miraculous. It is wonderful to be able to witness moment a new life enters the world. Thanks for sharing it with us. Shawn at Steed Farm Congratulations on your births! I always find the birthing process so miraculous. It is wonderful to be able to witness moment a new life enters the world. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Shawn at Steed Farm

]]> By: Travis http://tinyfarmblog.com/new-cows/#comment-16554 Travis Fri, 25 Jan 2008 04:10:59 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/21/new-cows/#comment-16554 Hi, I have admired your grow rack design for seedlings and was curious why you chose not to put two lamps per shelf, as it seems as with the 2 x 4 foot plywood shelf you could comfortable fit two of the four foot lamps side by side and double your seedlings per rack. Would appreciate your thoughts. Travis at Grace Farm Hi, I have admired your grow rack design for seedlings and was curious
why you chose not to put two lamps per shelf, as it seems as with the 2 x 4 foot plywood shelf you could comfortable fit two of the four foot lamps side by side
and double your seedlings per rack.

Would appreciate your thoughts.

Travis at Grace Farm

]]> By: Katie http://tinyfarmblog.com/new-cows/#comment-16552 Katie Fri, 25 Jan 2008 03:27:33 +0000 http://tinyfarmblog.com/2008/01/21/new-cows/#comment-16552 Very cool! Thanks for sharing a wonderful experience. Not too many of us live on farms..! Katie at GardenPunks Very cool! Thanks for sharing a wonderful experience. Not too many of us live on farms..!

Katie at GardenPunks

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