When I woke up this morning my first thought was “wow I’m a little overworked, probably a good idea to take it easy today.” My second thought was “welp…time to get dressed and go move the pigs.” I...
Farm Stories
How to Clean Up Your Pastures with NO Herbicides (part 2)
Through the dust and the screams, a ray of light shone off the tractor. It was a battle the likes of which Bluegrass, Virginia hadn’t seen in years. The humans had finally managed to get an...
How to clean up your pastures with no herbicides (part 1)
Since the dawn of the ranch, long before being a rancher was a whisper in my mind, an eternal war raged on the land. Men and beasts alike have toiled against this vicious foe. They...
It’s not a rooster but it still works
I laid my head back down on the pillow. It was around 5 AM. I had just gotten up to go the bathroom real quick. Believe it or not, not all ranchers wake up at 5 AM. I thank God every day that I...
How to have a leisurely afternoon in the mountains
I started a 3-minute timer on my phone and put it down on the bank of the creek. I stepped into the cool, flowing pool. The contrast between the hot spring sun on my shoulders and the cold...
The pig-pocalypse
This was a 3 part series on our email list, You can sign up for our email list here https://www.nextlevelranch.com/newsletter Part 1 We’ve had an adventure or two trying to get piglets over...