Water #2

Water…

Our system has 3,000 gallons of water storage in 10, 300 gallon troughs. The corrals are inside the grazing unit and have an additional 100 gallons of water.

Sara YoumansJuly 10, 2019Hood Family FarmsComment

Water #1

We’re back again with another blog. This time and next I want to talk about keeping the livestock watered.

Sara YoumansJune 5, 2019Hood Family FarmsComment

Doing the Right Thing

doing the right thing in the right way is a big deal

and the GRASS

I covered the the basic principles for our operation. I went over setting up the rotational system. Which then brings us to groceries… for the livestock.

My friend Chris told me that my number 1 priority is to grow grass. From a lot of perspectives it is the hardest thing to do, actually.

Sara YoumansMay 17, 2019Hood Family Farmsgrass, grassfed, farm setup, farm infrastructure, farm research, best grass, cattle, ranchingComment

Onward...

Welcome back, folks. Let’s get on with getting this system built.

Once we had a game plan, the physical labor got started. Let’s see…after April in East Texas comes SUMMER and until October, oh, boy… it’s HOT! Some of the work was inside stuff, as we’ll see, but most of it was git ‘er dun, sweaty, old-fashioned work.