HeyJaredLeslie's Farming with Nature
Retired goat dairy farmer-cheese maker-soil scientist-nature lover-story teller
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Equinox fueling on the fly (opens the original)
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The autumnal equinox: a seasonal bookend, a momentary pinnacle of equal day and equal night. Historically, the transition to autumn begins in August. The goldenrod flowers and is besieged by a cast of pollinators. The sky blue deepens its hue. The tomato vines stunt their growth and the fruits begin to lose their sweetness. Yet, summer has resisted her annual exit this year. She continued to pull heavy blankets of warm and humid air over our heads, deluging our farm with too much rain, filling t
Where land restoration and climate mitigation meet (opens the original)
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Like many of my fellow farmers fretting over climate change, I have been focusing on the agricultural practices that sequester carbon. I have been a faithful adherent to the dogma demanding that farmers find ways to reduce their carbon emissions, to embrace practices that keep carbon in the soil and the vegetation. I believed we were doing our part. 98% of our goat dairy-creamery farm was perennial agriculture: pasture, alfalfa hay, orchard and silvopasture.Our current farm embraces the same app
Goats versus glyphosate (opens the original)
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It has been nearly two months since the forestry mulcher laid waste to significant portions of our farm woodland’s invasive honeysuckle problem. Where the shredded bark mulch is thick, there is little regrowth. Nonetheless, there are many resprouts pushing through the debris, especially along the woodland edges where the sun’s rays coax photosynthesis for all.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!faC0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/h
Dipping back into the cheese world (opens the original)
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Before the memories recede into the wavering prairie grasses of our farm, I feel compelled to recount my recent experiences at the American Cheese Society’s annual conference. It had been three years since I last attended; the summer before we sold our farmstead creamery. While I have been loosely connected to the farmstead cheese world by consulting for the new owners of Prairie Fruits Farm & Creamery, I was looking forward to reconnecting with old friends and putting my metaphorical hands in t
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