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The soil is mostly quite deep. But there is this one cliff that shows rocks ....
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Everthing looks great!
Is that the shop @ BC, or TL?
 
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Last I checked, the last auroch was a female that died in the 1600s in Poland. Good luck with your search, David.

As to bison, I think they are a great idea, especially as the herd can increase in size by a third in a good year, and with management, most years can be made good years.

Those look like some happy livestock. With that outcropping, is there much loose stone available for construction materials?

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You and Ryan look amazingly similar.

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How much of the land is straight up and down? As in hillside?

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Yes I know about the auroch being extinct although Hitlers "scientists" did try to recreate some by combining various ancient breeds. The result was very dissapointing not surprizingly .
European Bison are still round but very rare.
Have seen Chillingham cattle in the wild And they looked like they knew why horns are pointy

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Paul Redmond wrote:Everthing looks great!
Is that the shop @ BC, or TL?



Shop is at BC.

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Chris Kott wrote:How much of the land is straight up and down? As in hillside?



I would guess that about 10% is on hill or cliff or really steep stuff.

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Just opportunities for terracing and gravity-fed natural water retention. Looks beautiful. Looking forward to more.

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paul wheaton wrote:

Chris Kott wrote:How much of the land is straight up and down? As in hillside?



I would guess that about 10% is on hill or cliff or really steep stuff.



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