Author: Rose
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Shearing Is Done!
Our shearing is finally done for 2011. We had lots of sticky fleeces and hard-shearing sheep. I’m not entirely sure of the issue yet. Some of it is probably the weather, since ours was not the only hard-shearing flock in our area this year. Some of it was also due to coats. I ran out… Continue reading
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Black Sheep Power and Light
Here’s one of our new solar arrays. It doesn’t just collect power – it also provides shade for the sheep. Continue reading
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Spring Snow
It’s a good thing the ditch got cleaned yesterday! The new snow had already settled and started melting by the time I took these pictures. Continue reading
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Spring Ditch Cleaning
Spring groundswork has started. We hired a trackhoe to clean the ditch that carries water down through our property. It hadn’t been cleaned in years, and it required a larger machine than our small backhoe. Now, it’s looking good! Continue reading
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March Wool Work
I needed some white wool for blending with our black for new rovings, so I went over to one of the big range flock operations during shearing to purchase some. The big flocks hire large crews to do the job. This crew had 13 shearing stations set up. The sheep go up the inside, get… Continue reading
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Winter Blahs
There’s not much going on at the farm right now. The sheep are getting fat. We fill hay feeders, fill water tanks, and repeat. I haven’t been taking many pictures, so there isn’t much to show. Last week we had help, and we got all of the ram lambs’ toes trimmed. We still have the… Continue reading
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Unintended Consequences
One of the issues with solar panels being high off the ground (to keep them out of the rams’ reach) is that they’re also too high for us to easily reach. We need to brush the snow off them. Now, if they were on the roof, we’d just have to wait until the snow melted.… Continue reading
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Editor Fail!
Whoops – I just realized I was saving my blog posts as drafts by default. They weren’t getting posted at all! Massive cockpit error. I’ll be going in and ensuring they are set to be seen today, once I return from a morning meeting. Moral of the story: check your blog from something other than… Continue reading
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Off to Wales!
While Ken stayed home to care for the farm, I headed off to Wales again to continue my judge training. The goal is to become an approved judge for Black Welsh Mountain sheep eventually. My journey started with an uneventful flight from Grand Junction to Dallas. Next, I flew overnight from Dallas to London Heathrow,… Continue reading
