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Pastured Pigs and Forest Paddock Improvements

9/10/2016

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The pigs are doing well on very little feed and are grazing pasture and foraging in the forest. I move the pasture daily and the forest paddocks are rotated weekly. I have begun to open up one of the forest paddocks by cutting down the small, low quality, bent, or badly located trees. I want to let enough light in to get some grass growing to enlarge my grazing system into the forest without eliminating the browse or nut drop.
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Joan Dunbar
10/7/2016 07:45:08 pm

You mentioned the small purple buds on the smaller tree. Did you mean a Red Bud? or maybe a decorative Plum tree? Red Buds are very popular in the spring woodlands or farms and stream areas. It's a very common wild tree in the Indiana farm areas. Beautiful when in full bloom early in the season.

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Jacob VanBendegon link
10/8/2016 06:54:06 am

Yes, I meant Redbud. I really like the color in the spring.

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