tour guide

in two groups over the last two weeks the staff of farm burger, farm255’s sister in decatur, made the mini trek out to athens to learn more about our operation and lend a hand in the fields. on a side note, fb also started posting on their new blog today (with a state of the bun address from owner george), and i will be guest writing for them on occasion as well. i must be one of the only writers in the nation who will happily be paid in hamburgers.

giving my first tours of the farm has been a pretty educational experience for myself (and hopefully the tourees), as i had to not only recall enough information to form a decent shpiel (remember, i’ve only been farming for around five months), but i also had to respond to questions. one of the things that is always interesting to point out to visitors is how amazing of a job the cows (and pigs for that matter) do at eating down the forage. check out the before/after. well, the after/before, i suppose.

it took me a second to figure out why the grass line didn’t match the fence line in this one, but a second later i noticed the height. see the yellow clip the line passes through? that’s an insulator, to keep the wire from touching the metal pole, and depending on the terrain i can slide them up and down to maintain a consistent height. in this little area i had built the dividing fence just a touch high, allowing for more under fence grazing. pretty ballsy on their part. i mean, if you held a pint of ben and jerry’s underneath an electrical wire, i’d probably pass.

when building out this line i re-routed around this massive hornet’s nest swinging in the wind. neither i, nor the cows, would have much fun dealing with that.