Spring To-Do List

Despite being a small operation, it is remarkable the number and variety of tasks that we complete over the course of a year.  Spring time is a particularly busy time, with the beginning of the pasture rotation (and all the tasks that come with it), lambing and kidding season, planting trees, sunflower, radish, and beets for grazing, etc.  Here is a small sampling of our spring time agenda:

  1. Repair fencing
  2. Seed pastures
  3. Install temporary electric fencing for paddock-shift grazing
  4. Prepare planting media, and plant tree seeds
  5. Prepare animal handling facilities
  6. Prepare safe/dry space for new farm arrivals (kid goats)
  7. Graft high-yielding fruit trees
  8. Propagate new fruit tree rootstocks
  9. Handle the peak lambing and kidding season
  10. Use chickens to prepare the soil for sunflower
  11. Prepare irrigation drip lines
  12. Collect spent hay and manure for composting
  13. Clean up the books and prepare for tax season
  14. Repair animal rain shelters
  15. Prepare willow cuttings
Naturally, this is only a starting point, and the number of tasks can be overwhelming if you think too long about it!  Fortunately, the age old advice of "just get started" readily applies here, and once we set to work on a project, and check things off our list, it motivates us to keep going.  I think I'll start now!

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