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Map: Sand Lake

12 Reasons Why

Pigs, while smelly are pretty awesome livestock when it comes to meat on a small homestead. I'm kind of a bit obessessed with them but so is the internet. 

Thematic Map: Wetlands of Albany County

Corn Harvest – Silage vs. Grain

This time of the year, you see some corn being harvested for silage and others still drying out in the fields, waiting to be harvested as feed corn with the proper amount of moisture. A good explanation of the differences and challenges of waiting for the corn to dry enough to be harvested while the fields haven't turned to winter slop.

Map: Berrymill Pond Trail From North
Map: Empire State Topography

How to feed your pigs for almost $0.00 !

Grinding your own field corn seems like a good way to save money but I think I would find a way to run the corn sheller mechanically as turning it seems like a lot of hard and unnecessary work. That home-made corn crib though is pretty neat and sounds like it works well for storage and drying of field corn. I'm actually very impressed by this small scale homestead operation. 

Map: Green Mountain National Forest North