All Flesh Is Grass: The Pleasures And Promises Of Pasture Farming

by Logsdon, Gene

• ISBN13: 9780804010689
• ISBN10: 0804010684
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-09-30
• Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr

Summary

In All Flesh Is Grass: The Pleasures and Promises of Pasture Farming, Gene Logsdon explains that well-managed pastures are nutritious and palatablevirtual salads for livestock. Leafy pastures also hold the soil, increase biodiversity, and create lovely landscapes. Grass farming may be the solution for a stressed agricultural system based on an industrial model and propped up by federal subsidies. The pasture farming that Gene Logsdon practices can also produce grains, fruits, herbs, mushrooms, and salad greens for human consumption. The book explains historically effective practices and new techniques that have blossomed in recent years for the care and sustenance of horses, cattle, sheep, hogs, and poultry on pasture. Logsdon's warm profiles of successful grass farmers offer inspiration and ideas. His narrative is enriched by his experience as a "contrary farmer" on his own artisan-scale farm.The culmination of a lifetime's experience, this book is vital for owners of small acreages, home food producers, horse enthusiasts, and sustainable commercial farmers.

Author Biography

Gene Logsdon is the author of more than twenty books on farming and rural life. He and his wife, Carol, live near Upper Sandusky, Ohio.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Giving Thanks	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
1. Pasture Farming, the Newest and Oldest Agriculture	1	(20)
2. How I Came to Pasture Farming	21	(16)
3. Some Commercial Grass Farms	37	(16)
4. A Pasture Garden	53	(7)
5. Good Fences Still Make Good Neighbors	60	(14)
6. Water in Every Paddock	74	(10)
7. Pasturing Horses, Mules, and Donkeys	84	(6)
8. Sheep on Pasture	90	(18)
9. Milk and Beef from Pasture Cows	108	(10)
10. The Rising Farm Interest in Goats	118	(5)
11. Root, Hog, or Die	123	(10)
12. Chickens, Ducks, Geese, and Turkeys Love to Graze	133	(14)
13. Bluegrass, Ryegrass, and White Clover	147	(8)
14. Alfalfa, Red Clover, and Ladino Clover	155	(13)
15. Legumes of Regional Importance	168	(6)
16. Other Noteworthy Pasture Grasses	174	(15)
17. Grains for Grazing	189	(14)
18. Other Plants with Pasture Potential	203	(6)
19. Weeds the Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful	209	(17)
20. Making Hay and Silage	226	(10)
21. Trees in the Pasture	236	(9)
22. A Walk on the Wild Side	245	(8)
Annotated Bibliography	253	(2)
Index	255