First Cutting Hay In Barn!

Judd came back and finished stacking the hay in the barn. Here he is getting bales out of our front pear orchard field. The last load of hay coming out of the field.Putting the last stack inside.All in. Desert Weyr Farm Blog

First Hay in Barn

First load of hay got delivered late today. Unfortunately the face was uneven and the stack fell down. Ken re-stacked it so the next ones would be ok. Desert Weyr Farm Blog

Independence Day Thoughts

As we celebrate our independence day (2 days late from history but this is traditional 🙂 ) our town is having the annual Cherry Days event. This year there are actually cherries. Some years they have frozen, some they are later and some years like this one they are...

Stone Brew Visitors & Haying!

Greg Koch from Stone Brewing, Susan Duniphin & Keiffer Koch arrived for a short visit today. We started with some picture taking opportunities at the edge of the mesa. We had a lovely lunch at Flying Fork in Paonia and then got a great tour of both Revolution...

On Pasture and Big Bales of Hay

Today we got the pregnant ewes out into pastures where they can lamb. The grass is still not very high so we put out some hay.We got 3 round bales to try. These are smaller than some, only 4 feet wide and about 1000 pounds each. Ken can move them with the tractor...