I know there are more than a few of you that raise your own meat. Last fall I read, OD and it got me thinking more about the where's of what we as American's are eating.

In an effort to eat more locally produced products, I elected to start growing more. Currently we produce, quite a few berries, a couple types of stone fruit, and on a good year have a fair garden.

Lacking some sunshine, for my project I had several loads of logs hauled out this spring.

My "plan" is to plant an small orchard, and raise some meat chicens and turkeys in the same area. We have had a good sized laying flock for about 7 years now, so the meat bird thing is not a large leap.

Having no water for the orchard and hating draging hoses, this summer was mostly spent laying out 1100 ft of poly with lots of yard hydrants. As well as severl zones for irrigating the trees and garden.

I fenced the orchard area as well, no point in giving the deer in my neighborhood a food source then trying to keep them out. So I fenced the area first. Its 72 inch 2X4 mesh No Climb Horse fence with a run of 32 inch field fence on top.

I will be running some, hot wires at the base to keep the critters from digging under, as well as two in the middle to keep any climbing critters out.

Couple of pics for the Meat Farmers