A milestone (of sorts)….

….part of the main Thistle Hill herd making its final move of the winter.  The stockpiled grass in what we call River Pasture is about 10 inches tall and we estimate this will take us to about the end of March.

That could mean we have grazed the main herd through the winter for the first time in our history.  For that we have to thank the lessons we learned in our sessions with Holistic Management International.

The second thing that pleases us is that we had forecast to make this move on March 1st, and that was a forecast made last April.  So we were off by just four days.  Beginners luck….or more accurately sophomore luck.  A little less rain and we would not have made it.

We’re also pleased by the condition of the cows…the best we’ve seen at this time of year when normally we would have been feeding hay for five months.  Frozen, winter fescue is still more nutritious than any grass hay we can buy.