Not afraid to get dirty.
Beautiful Nazareth Farms farm site
This Happy Homestead homestead blog
Not afraid to get dirty.
It's never too late to start! I retired to homestead on the slopes of Mauna Loa, an active volcano. I relate snippets of my endeavor on my blog : www.kaufarmer.blogspot.com
Beautiful Nazareth Farms farm site
This Happy Homestead homestead blog
Beautiful Nazareth Farms farm site
This Happy Homestead homestead blog
Beautiful Nazareth Farms farm site
This Happy Homestead homestead blog
Walter Jeffries wrote:If you use netting for pigs I would recommend stretching it tight, pinning the bottom and clipping the electrical lead to the bottom couple of horizontal hot wires. See:
http://sugarmtnfarm.com/2008/06/12/poultry-netting-for-pigs/
It does work. It does not have to be special pig fence. It does not need to be four feet high. We have quite a bit. Much is only about 28" tall and that works fine.
Keep it hot but not too hot. Too much power to the netting tends to cause shorting and burnouts of the wires. Clickety-click.
I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy, because I'm easy come, easy go, little high, little low, little ad
"Permaculture Now! - Desert or Paradise?" movie by Sepp Holzer
https://permies.com/wiki/137395/Permaculture-Desert-Paradise-movie-Sepp
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