On The Ground At Paicines Ranch
by Jessie Maier I blinked. There’s not supposed to be cattle there! It was a Saturday morning and about a hundred dairy heifers were milling around the Front Field. We’d just moved cattle off of there two weeks before, and the grass was supposed to be recovering so that we could come back and start... Continue Reading →
Breeding season is almost here! This year we're experimenting with ram effect. By putting the rams adjacent to the ewes (with a strong fence between them!) 7-10 days prior to turning them in together, the ewes should be stimulated to ovulate and their estrus cycles should be relatively synced up. This will help to maximize... Continue Reading →
Tuesday we moved the lambs from one side of the ranch to the other. For the past week they've been grazing in "Palm Springs" (pasture, that is). There's tons of good forage left: rye, kale, vetch and clover as well as all their favorite volunteer plants including mustard, prickly lettuce, and purslane. However, after months... Continue Reading →
We dream of a Green Christmas each winter with the rainy season as that's our chance to grow green grass and forage. Our hens get frisky with fresh greens afoot and their egg yolks get a golden glow. Carlie cared for the chickens over the holidays and gathered the eggs from their mobile hen house. By moving the hen... Continue Reading →
Jess and Owen, our guard dog pup herd sheep the low stress way through our future vineyard site. We are mimicking nature using animal herds to create healthy soil as a foundation for great wine to come. Ewe herd it here.
Scene and Herd 
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