Modern Farmer

JANUARY 30, 2025

Two hundred years ago, many of these hillsides were timbered for orchards. Around forty years ago, most of the orchards were replaced with cattle pasture. The forest encroached on the meadow, pioneer poplar, locust, and sassafras saplings taking the lead. It would serve as a living example of how to restore native meadows!

Meadow 46

Meadow Farming Farming Orchard 46

Modern Farmer

OCTOBER 6, 2023

We had grand plans to install a curated pollinator garden in the front and a vegetable garden with a managed meadow in the back. A meadow of native plants can promote healthy soil and draw in pollinators. The outcome was a meadow of purple petals of self-heal, buttery flecks of common yellow wood sorrel and ivory dapples of chickweed.

Meadow 117

Meadow Greenhouse Compost Soil Compaction 117

Civil Eats

JANUARY 28, 2025

Afterward, they turn the herd out onto organically managed pasture, where the animals eat freely from clover, alfalfa, and a blend of perennial grasses like meadow bromegrass, orchard grass, and fescue. Her first apprenticeship, with mentor grazier Jeff Biddle at Bear Meadows Farm , threw her into a demanding daily routine.

Farming 133

Farming Farming Pasture Meadow 133