greatmalusbeef on Nostr: #grownostr #permaculture #permies #pasturedpigs Some benefits of pigs on pasture: ...

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Some benefits of pigs on pasture:
With enough space, pigs will separate their own areas for sleeping, eating, pooping, wallowing, and foraging (+scattered pooping)
A pasture diet increases the amount of Omega-3 fats – the healthy fats. This can be compared to high Omega-3 fish like tuna and can have a fish oil kind of taste. I sometimes call it land tuna.
Pigs can self-forage things like fallen fruit, nuts, and weeds.
When areas they dig up are seeded with some clover, they let it grow to grazable height before disturbing again.
Cows can still rotate through for the grass that outgrows the pigs grazing (pigs prefer clover)
This is a pasture edge area with a drainage slough with young trees planted in tree tube protectors. The pigs don’t bother the trees, but when the cows go through they try to browse the trees and scratch on them – tree tubes help most of them survive.