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Comments on: Turning Woods into Pasture with Pigs https://themoderndaysettler.com/turning-woods-into-pasture-with-pigs/ Homesteading on an Antique New England Farm Sat, 09 May 2020 11:22:31 +0000 hourly 1 By: The Modern Day Settler https://themoderndaysettler.com/turning-woods-into-pasture-with-pigs/#comment-413 Sat, 09 May 2020 11:22:31 +0000 https://themoderndaysettler.com/?p=1412#comment-413 In reply to Chrisi.

Any cutting down of trees is done with a chainsaw!

]]> By: The Modern Day Settler https://themoderndaysettler.com/turning-woods-into-pasture-with-pigs/#comment-412 Sat, 09 May 2020 11:22:04 +0000 https://themoderndaysettler.com/?p=1412#comment-412 In reply to Chrisi.

OH darn. Yes, you definitely need some kind of moisture in the soil to get a proper ground! We manage water by filling a large water tank from the spiggot on our hose. The tank fits in the bucket of our tractor and has a hose attached to it so we just drive it around and top off everyones water. All of our animals are scattered and we move them, so there is no way to have a dedicated water source. This works for us.

]]> By: Chrisi https://themoderndaysettler.com/turning-woods-into-pasture-with-pigs/#comment-409 Sat, 09 May 2020 01:52:30 +0000 https://themoderndaysettler.com/?p=1412#comment-409 We have a pond nearby and considered a pump to fill the waterer… just wondering how you transport water.

]]> By: Chrisi https://themoderndaysettler.com/turning-woods-into-pasture-with-pigs/#comment-408 Sat, 09 May 2020 01:51:08 +0000 https://themoderndaysettler.com/?p=1412#comment-408 Also, how to you manage water? That’s a struggle we had. We tried this once with three Gloucester old spots and experienced the heart wrenching “they got out and were never recaptured” scenario. We’ve been afraid to try since. Our ground wasn’t wet enough and our fencing failed.

Just found your blog by the way and am reading through each and every post and finding it all enormously helpful so thank you for putting all the time in!

]]> By: Chrisi https://themoderndaysettler.com/turning-woods-into-pasture-with-pigs/#comment-407 Sat, 09 May 2020 01:48:28 +0000 https://themoderndaysettler.com/?p=1412#comment-407 Hello 🙂 did you clear the land first by yourselves via chainsaw?

]]> By: How Much Does it Cost to Raise a Pig for Meat? - The Modern Day Settler https://themoderndaysettler.com/turning-woods-into-pasture-with-pigs/#comment-296 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 13:32:47 +0000 https://themoderndaysettler.com/?p=1412#comment-296 […] While they are slower growers generally speaking, they are ideal pasture pigs for our model. They clear our woods while simultaneously producing the best pork. Heritage breeds are not the only ones out there […]

]]> By: How We Made Sheep Pasture out of Woods | The Modern Day Settler https://themoderndaysettler.com/turning-woods-into-pasture-with-pigs/#comment-142 Thu, 01 Aug 2019 14:06:05 +0000 https://themoderndaysettler.com/?p=1412#comment-142 […] we have used our pigs to help clear their silvopasture very successfully, we did not use the pigs to prepare the sheep pasture.  This […]

]]> By: Raising Pigs on Electric Fence | The Modern Day Settler https://themoderndaysettler.com/turning-woods-into-pasture-with-pigs/#comment-82 Fri, 29 Mar 2019 12:51:35 +0000 https://themoderndaysettler.com/?p=1412#comment-82 […] specifically for insulators, posts, wire, etc and how to use them.  Also, check out my post on using pigs to turn woods into pasture where I touch on using electric fence as well in a rotational grazing […]

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