I’m not pulling another weed—we’re letting the sheep do it for us.
With 61 days until frost, we move our sheep into the garden to clean up weeds, leftover plants, and spent summer growth without tearing up the soil. While the sheep go to work, we keep building our new side-yard garden with durable metal raised beds, plan for asparagus and strawberries, harvest tomatoes and peppers, and juggle the reality of homestead priorities when everything needs to happen at once.
In this family homestead vlog, we put permaculture principles to work by bringing the animals to the weeds instead of hauling weeds to the animals. We also repair and set up electric sheep netting, build more raised beds near the house, check on our fall garden harvest, and deal with a truck repair and hay-equipment project along the way.
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These metal raised beds are going in our sunny side-yard garden for asparagus, strawberries, vegetables, and more. They are durable, easy to maintain, and help us turn an overlooked space into productive growing space.
In this episode, you’ll see:
• Using sheep as a natural weed-management crew in the garden
• Why sheep can clear weeds and spent plants without tilling the soil like pigs would
• Moving unused electric sheep netting and repairing damaged sections before grazing
• Setting up a temporary garden paddock so animals can work exactly where they are needed
• Using the “touch it once” principle to avoid extra work while setting up fencing
• Watching sheep graze lambsquarter, weeds, and leftover garden growth
• Why we chose the closest, flattest, sunniest area near the house for a new garden
• Planning a side-yard perennial garden with asparagus and strawberries
• Building more modular metal raised beds with the family
• Turning a sunny but overlooked space into a productive permaculture zone-two garden
• Harvesting rotten, ripe, and preserving-quality tomatoes before frost
• Picking peppers and deciding what garden jobs need to take priority first
• Juggling garden building, harvest season, livestock management, vehicle repairs, and hay equipment
• A truck brake problem, a helpful friend, and an update on getting hay equipment ready
• Seeing how a little infrastructure and animal power can make fall garden cleanup easier
Sometimes the best way to manage an overgrown garden is not more pulling, hauling, and hard labor—it is thoughtful animal management. The sheep get free food, the garden gets cleaned up, and we get one more step closer to putting the whole place to bed for winter.
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Credit to : Justin Rhodes
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