Picture of the Day
I have no idea when Irene became so friendly. She kept trying to eat my hand – maybe she was expecting some animal crackers. But even then, she used to snatch them and run.
Picture of the Day
Apparently I happened to show up just in time to catch everyone napping. Buttercup was too quick for me though.
Farmer’s Market polls
There has been talk of growing an heirloom garden this summer, and potentially bringing some of our harvest to a local farmer’s market. Maybe we’re not ready this coming year, but someday we’d like to try it. What we want to know is, what do people like best when they buy produce at a farmer’s …
Picture of the Day
I love my sheepies. But somehow our Jersey ladies are so much more photogenic. The freezing rain we’ve been having is really messing with our ewes’ do’s. Oh heck, have two Pictures of the Day. Irene, tres chic!
Picture of the Day (and a little look ahead…)
Tomorrow 4+ lbs (about all that remains at this point) of Steve’s raw wool will be shipping out to a fiber-friend in Indiana. A portion of it will return to me, all ready to spin. Fiber trades are great – a win-win situation! Clearing out more of 2016’s fleece makes me think of all the …
Picture of the Day
Kisses from Rosie!
New Babies!
The blog is WAY behind, largely due to two things… lack of technology (hopefully now remedied) and BABIES! Duchess was due with an unexpected calf (unexpected in the sense that we brought her home believing it fairly unlikely that she had been bred) on October 17th. Fortunately, she went overdue, considering our family was expecting …
Picture of the Day
Mama’s got a brand new phone, complete with camera. So, in hopes of learning how to use this newfangled contraption, I’m planning to post a picture each day. Enjoy! So this is technically yesterday, but I’ve got to start somewhere, right?
The Big News!
Wow, all sorts of stuff has happened since I last updated here! (I’ve been keeping better track of it all on our Facebook page.) Let’s see: In April we welcomed two purebred Romney lambs to the flock: Mary had a little black ewe lamb on the 2nd, and Spice’s white ram lamb joined us on …
What makes a “farmer”?
“Remember when we talked about at what point we officially become ‘farmers’? Well, I think we may have just hit it.” We’ve had our future family milk cow, Rosie, for about 4 months now. She’s a sassy girl, but fairly well behaved and we looked forward to one day milking her – approximately 13 months …