Spring Cleaning and the Great Fence Debate
Over the last month and a half, Beth and I have been tackling one massive project: clearing the overgrowth along our five-acre fence line. This specific area is primarily used for finishing out our lambs. The current setup is "woven wire" with a doubled electrified top strand to prevent predators, like coyotes, from jumping over. While it works, the maintenance has become a significant burden, and there is a bit of history behind why we chose this specific fence. The EQIP Backstory Toward the end of the Obama administration, additional EQIP (Environmental Quality Incentives Program) grants were made available to specific counties in the Appalachian region of Ohio. Since we had a plan on file, we received funding to fence this five-acre pasture. At the time, the NRCS representative advised us to go with woven wire because the pasture has road frontage. We followed that advice, but in 2020, I fell ill and we had to pause our regular maintenance. Within just two years, the grow...
