Solar Harvest Farm Steve & Michelle Heyer Richie, Sheri & Sarah 7432 Marsh Road, Waterford, WI 53185
Phone: 262-662-5278 · Email: solarharvestfarm@yahoo.com
Website: www.solarharvestfarm.com
Phone: 262-
Website: www.solarharvestfarm.com
Farm Pics
The Evolution of a 21st Century Farm
The Evolution of a 21st Century Farm
1993 - Looking west out the old dairy barn in the direction of where the house now stands.
1993 - View of barn from road side.
1993 - West side of barn before big doors were installed. Inherited tires everywhere!
1993 - Look up. All the loft floor boards had been cut out. Barn had been filled with corn!
1994 - Opening up the center bay.
1994 - Spring. Before converting fields from annual row crop to perennial grasslands.
1994 - Preparing seedbed for perennial legume/grass pastures
with oats as cover crop.
with oats as cover crop.
1994- Combining oats w/ old Oliver. “Cleanest oats the elevator had seen in 40 years”.
1994 - Baling Straw. Shouldn’t the helper be bigger than the bale?!
With fields now converted from annual row crop to perennial pastures, pullets being raised on grass.
Pastured Poultry
Meat birds on grass. Tall forage green-chopped for pigs when cattle aren’t close by in their rotation.
Meat birds on grass. Tall forage green-
Beef cattle on grass Grassfed beefers are “mowing” ahead of the pastured poultry shelters.
Pigs on the barnyard.
“Pig-Happy” as they root and run where the cattle over-wintered.
Compost is in the making.
“Pig-
Compost is in the making.
Early winter 2010- New barn with second solar electric system installed on the farm. Locally produced food & energy all from a non-subsidized family farm.
1996 - Build energy independent farm home. Farm business/family lifestyle centered upon ultra low operating costs.