Diary of a Carbon Farmer

This is the diary of an Australian family who escaped from the city, joined a farming community, and learned to love soil. Carbon Farming is about growing soil carbon - the first link in our food chain. The topsoil is where God's creation is taking place, at every moment. Carbon is the building block of life. By growing it we can restore ecosystems to health. At the same time we can remove Carbon Dioxide from the atmosphere and store it as Carbon in the soil.

Wednesday, July 12, 2006

We start feeding two months later, thanks to controlled grazing

Jesus said: "Feed my lambs, feed my sheep" - but he didn't say "Right away." We saved 2 months worth of hand feeding by conserving pasture and giving it ma chance to grow thanks to time controlled grazing. Louisa has done an amazing job with only 20-odd paddocks in the rotation. Now we have 50 odd thanks to the CMA and Daniel and the fencing contractors (I''ll blog our electirc fence system soon.) Here is Louisa loading hay for feeding the lambs.