[texbirds] Re: Striped Sparrow Location - Input from landowner
- From: Brush Freeman <brushfreeman@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Laurie Foss <lauriefoss@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 17:19:45 -0600
Maybe why the Striped Striped Sparrow chose her lands...Makes me want to go
up and buy a Betsey Ross brisket or ground beef. Looks like one easily
can. http://rossfarm.com/
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Brush Freeman
503-551-5150 Cell
120 N. Red Bud Trail. Elgin, Tx. 78621
http://texasnaturenotes.blogspot.com/
Finca Alacranes., Utley,Texas
On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 5:10 PM, Laurie Foss <lauriefoss@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Texbirders,
> The Striped Sparrow that is spending the winter with us in Williamson
> County is spending that time on property belonging to Betsy Ross, owner of
> Betsy Ross Grass Fed Beef. She has been generous with her time and
> expertise, allowing access to her property for the Granger CBC and holding
> a workshop for Travis Audubon about the practices that are used on her farm
> to support all life that calls her property home.
> I received this email from her today and I asked if I could share it with
> Texbirds and she said it would be OK.
> "*We are especially pleased that so much attention is drawn to the birds on
> our river road at CR 428 and 361, Williamson County. *
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> *While that small portion of our farm is not fenced, we worked hard to keep
> all our lands free of chemicals, including synthetic chemical fertilizers,
> herbicides and insecticides. In addition we have hopefully convinced the
> county road crews to not spray our right of ways with their wicked poisons.
> While they continue to mow too often and too short for soil health, we are
> hopeful that protocol will also change with time. The tall, wild grass
> pastures opposite the river were intentionally left unused for winter as
> habitat and food supply for all the wildlife that moves up and down the San
> Gabriel .One of our most important farm goals is to demonstrate that we can
> manage our farm organically for superior habitat for all living creatures
> without economic burden. We want to grow a feast and home for every living
> creature that flies over the farm, wiggles, burrows, runs, walks (both 2
> and 4 legged). This includes our grass-fed beef (Betsy Ross Grass-fed
> Beef), the foxes, the mice, the insects, birds, rabbits and all those
> things unseen by our eyes. Our belief and theory is that this type of
> habitat can only be created if the soil is alive, teeming with life,
> starting with the soil microbes - bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and nematodes,
> etc. If we get it right, we can return many ecological services to our farm
> - cleaner air, cleaner water, pollinators, - all those things. It just
> takes wanting to do it, planning, thinking and being protective. **All
> these birds here - the diversity, the numbers - tell us they like our
> habitat. The birds being here encourage us and validate our theory - room
> for all living creatures. Betsy Ross "*
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> Laurie Foss
> Austin, TX
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