The farm
Fresh pasture, moved often: how we're bringing tired land back
How we're designing the farm to catch every drop of rain we can, build the soil and grow more life every year.
Our permaculture design, swales and water works now live on their own page: Permaculture design and swales. Future grazing among the carbon trees, and our fodder plantings, are on Silvopasture.
Virtual fencing
We're looking at virtual fencing for our cattle, subject to Tasmanian animal welfare rules. It uses GPS collars on the cattle to create digital paddocks, so instead of building a new fence we could draw one on a map. That would make rotational grazing much easier to manage. Once our virtual fencing collars are set up, we'll be able to move the cattle onto fresh pasture every day, without putting up new fences.
- Keep the cattle out of the creeks and away from our new tree plantings while they get established.
- See where the stock are at any time.
- Spend less time building and shifting fences, and more time on everything else the farm needs.
It's early days and we're still finding out whether it's the right fit for us, so we'll share what we learn.
