Tag: Regenerative

Incredible Side Benefit of Having Briden Farm Goats and Livestock on Your Land

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Naturally Rid Your Land of Ticks

One thing we’ve noticed over the past few years is that there is an incredible side benefit of having Briden Farm Goats and Livestock on Your Property! We know that the regenerative benefits of turning burnt out hay fields into beautiful productive grassy pastures is awesome! The weed eating animals help get rid of weeds, and in woodland pastured these incredible animals help prune and groom and turn woodlands into pasture and with a little help, even gardens! All so beautiful and impressive I never get tired of seeing it. 

However, what we didn’t know, but have suspected for some time now, is all this work also help to eliminate Ticks! You know… those nasty little, creepy, crawly, blood suckers! When we first take our animals into a new pasture area we get covered in them! Often finding 20-30 or more every day! On ourselves, dogs, animals, etc. Then, over time, that number reduces! As the animals turn the old growth into new productive pastures, and the grass, weeds, and invasive plants become fewer, and more manageable, so do the Ticks! Reducing the number of ticks from 20-30 a day to maybe that number, or fewer, in a week! That’s a reduction of about 80-85%. Incredible! 

If You’d like more information about having Briden Farm Goats and Livestock on Your Property please call Brian at BridenFarm.com 902-907-0770 

Information on Tick Safety in Nova Scotia

 

Three Years And Over 880,000 Website Visits

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Three Years Of Website Stats

We launched BridnFarm.com on Mischief Night 2020, nearly three months after we bought our new Homestead and started, once again, our journey into Farming. At that point we had no idea there were Terms for what we wanted to do! We had talked to various people who had animals over the years and learned what we thought would work best for us to naturally raise our animals, and help turn woodlands to pastures and gardens. Over time we learned that what we were doing with our Goats and Pigs, and later Chickens and Rabbits, and now all those plus our Sheep and Muscovy Ducks and other Critters, was called Regenerative Farming. Employing Rotational Pastures, and practices of grass and pasture management to help ensure success. The first year our gardens hardly grew, the second year we saw small improvements. We even began to discover ways to get help, while helping others, through programs like WWOOF and WorkAway. As we learned, made mistakes, had heartbreaks, and continued on, so did the number of Website Visitors and now we’re approaching 900,000 Website Visits! Nearly half of those Visits have come in just the past Twelve Months! We are so thankful for You and others like you, who have taken the time to visit, both online and in person. Those who have made Donations and come to be friends and supporters of our ongoing efforts to be the best Caretakers and Stewards of these lands and animals.

We’ve been Blessed … To You… We Say… Thank You!