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Lucerne Reserve, full-day shepherd
The Lucerne Reserve is an area encompassing about 50 acres of monoculture lucerne, with grass and weeds, and an upper area of predominantly native pasture. Most of the fences shown on the map are no longer there-I took them down last year to allow free access from the sheltered hill area (native) to the lush feed of the lucerne flat. My plan is to give the flock the morning in the lucerne, then head up the hill into the native pasture for the afternoon.
Racecourse Grazing Area
The plan is to work the flock around all the lower edges of the paddocks that make up the Racecourse Grazing Area. Sheep prefer high ground-a predator thing, I'm convinced: much easier to spot the lions in the long grass if you hold the high ground. Of course, there's not much long grass to hide in these days...
Chilly with showers
Here's the plan for today--half-day. I'm taking them into the lucerne for a graze, then back to the Racecourse Grazing Area at noon or thereabouts. I'll post photos on Instagram (whitegumwool) as I go, and then post a final track at the end of the day.
Moving to Racecourse Grazing Area
Here's the plan for the day. I'm moving the flock from the Basin Grazing Area, where they've been for the last month, to the Racecourse Grazing Area, where I hope the forage will hold them for 3 weeks or so. Part of this area was burned in the January fire, and is not yet ready to be grazed.
Beautiful Autumn Day
This is a work in progress--a way to share the experience shepherding. Keep an eye out for developments. Nan
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Experience the feeling of being out on the hill, get to know the individual characters in the flock and see the wildlife and landscape.