11/01/2026
Time to do some spreadin! That’s steam. As regenerative farmers we are trying to bring life back to the soil, not just take from it. We prefer not to use synthetic fertilizers. During the winter when the cattle are inside (or in this year’s case all summer since we have major fence work to do) we layer their bedding which creates a system in which we can collect their high in nitrogen urine (which is great for the soil and often added by farmers in other ways). The layered bedding system allows it to all start to ferment, AND avoids amonia from escaping and rising into the air where animals could breathe it and get sick. Once spring comes or it gets quite deep, we scoop it all out and put it in a pile where we turn it for a few weeks. This pile didn’t sit as long as it could have, but we need to do what we can do when we can do it, and we can’t always have things perfectly ideal. This hay field we could tell needed a boost. What you see is steam. We then went out with a drag and further broke up the chunks and gave the ground a gentle scrape without damaging the grass. We have so much to learn and we are excited about working along with the animals, and the way God created things to encourage healthy soil, which produces healthy plants, which produces healthy food for those who consume it. Farming regeneratively takes more time. We hope to see progress, but assume it will be around 10 years before we really see true healing and change. Until then, we just continue to be the best stewards that we can be with what the Lord has entrusted to us until He calls us home.