by OogieFarmBlog | Jul 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
The hat is finished and ready to be fulled to fit. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Jul 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
We got the yarn back from the local wool mill in Palisade. I had pure Black Welsh in bulky and sport weight, blended Black Welsh and Polypay in bulky and then some pure Polypay in Bulky and sportweight. They all came out looking really nice. I want to make a hat for...
by OogieFarmBlog | Jul 14, 2010 | Uncategorized
Bart brought his big backhoe up to dig the holes for the new solar panels. Orange decided to supervise so we have 2 cats in teh yard now.This buck showed up today too. Don’t know if we got deer tags or not yet but he might be a tasty buck if we do. I really...
by OogieFarmBlog | Jul 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
The laying chickens are having a lot of fun running around outside and getting all the bugs they can catch. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Jul 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
We picked up the next batch of kolbassi today. There will be plenty of brats for revolution Brewing this summer. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Jul 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
First hole is nearly done and no major rocks to speak of. This is a first for Garvin Mesa! Unfortunately it probably means there are a bunch more lurking in the next hole. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Jul 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
3rd of July. Town has the flags out on the bridge in to town. I love looking at them.We’re getting ready for farm tours so I have the signs out to talk to people about our livestock protection dogs. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Jun 27, 2010 | Uncategorized
Rambo the bottle baby is doing great. He comes up for his bottle but then races back to his buddy and sheep mom. Ken is the dinner provider though. Doing well for being flat when he came out. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Jun 26, 2010 | Uncategorized
The new batch of dinner chickens is growing really well. They are very robust and healthy. Should be tasty when they grow up. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Jun 25, 2010 | Rants and Raves
Well I stupidly upgraded my iPod touch to the iOS4 system yesterday. Don’t do it! The battery life is now less than 12 hours even with wifi off. The advantages of the OS are not worth the hassle but to add insult to injury I can’t go back. Now the first...
by OogieFarmBlog | Jun 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
We moved the sheep to the other side of the orchard today and discovered that very new lambs are able to climb back through the divider fence. We managed to get them all back but it was a bit of a challenge. Hay is finally being delivered. The cold spring made first...
by OogieFarmBlog | Jun 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
I believe that we are now done lambing. There are still a bunch of ewes left to lamb but none have significant udders. The AI experiment seems to have really messed up their cycles. But then if we knew how to make it all work it wouldn’t be an experiment,...
by OogieFarmBlog | Jun 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
We’re getting near the end of the possible lambing time. Sure hope a few more of these girls produce lambs! Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Jun 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Ewes and lambs are doing well. All of the lambs are of very good quality but we still have a bunch of ewes that we hope will lamb.The lambs are learning about the electric fences. But some just look especially cute as they rest. This is RamboHe is now on mom number 4,...
by OogieFarmBlog | Jun 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
The pasture is spotty. The combination of the cold spring and the problems with irrigation are making it hard to grow good grass this year. But what is growing is good quality.Looks like we might have some apples. The June drop has not happened yet but so far we do...
by OogieFarmBlog | Jun 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
The adult rams are all out on pasture. We have a carefully hoarded pile of dirt that has become the focus of much pushing and shoving by the boys who are trying to be the top ram. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Jun 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
Pregnant or hopefully pregnant ewes on pasture. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Jun 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
We decided to build a welded wire fence around the front pear orchard field portion that we hayed last year. That will give us 2 grazing paddocks in that area. We would normally use electric netting but these need to be safe for the rams and they tend to get caught by...
by OogieFarmBlog | May 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
Magpie – We have hundreds of these birds. While pretty they also can steal a lot of dog and chicken food. This is a marmot in the rock wall. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | May 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
We had Culinary School of the Rockies students here again this year. I didn’t get pictures of both groups. We had 2 sets of students, each group for 2 days. We evaluated sheep, trimmed toes, built fence and sorted sheep. Good way for them all to lean about the...
by OogieFarmBlog | May 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Early morning Lambscape. The lambs are learning how to play on the rock walls. It’s great fun. I always worry they will fall or get hurt but so far they all do just fine.Looking out over the pasture towards Mt. Lamborn early morning light. Desert Weyr Farm...
by OogieFarmBlog | May 21, 2010 | Uncategorized
We have several man made ponds on our property. They provide emergency fire suppression and irrigation water as well as drinking water for the livestock. This is the guest house, shop & Red Barn. This is the main house and hay barn.This is our lower pond. It has...
by OogieFarmBlog | May 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
Some of the ewes are just huge. Meanwhile the lambs are really growing.What a face.Twin sisters out of Beatrix.Lamb gangs are forming up now too.This ewe was checking out my lamb bag but I caught her. Lamb checking out the mineral feeder. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | May 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today we had a nice set of twins.Here is a self portrait, with the sheep grazing in the background of our front lawn. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | May 15, 2010 | Uncategorized
Rain and then this. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | May 13, 2010 | Uncategorized
Woke up this morning to more snow.BUt at least this one is more normal for our spring, by afternoon it had all melted. No new lambs in the snow which was nice. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | May 8, 2010 | Uncategorized
Mt. Lamborn is looking nice. Looks like a good water year. Our apple trees are all blooming now. Hope we get some fruit this year. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | May 6, 2010 | Uncategorized
The new middle divider fence is now finished. It looks wonderful and will be a much better fence than our temporary welded wire one. The sheep, on the other hand, are really looking like wide loads. I hope they lamb soon, they are really getting big. Desert Weyr Farm...
by OogieFarmBlog | May 5, 2010 | Uncategorized
Sunrise Looks like it will be a nice day today. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | May 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
May and we are still getting snow. This is unusual. Most sprung snows will melt the same day. As it is we are feeding out a lot more hay on pasture to keep the sheep warm.Even the dandelions are confused by this weather.Becky in the front where her sheep are.By late...
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
Got more snow today.We started putting more dog houses out. Most of the ewes put their lambs inside and stay outside the dog house. This ewe, Morwenna figured out how to get herself in side as well. We are feeding more hay out on pasture to the ewes. Desert Weyr Farm...
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
Today we got a major snowstorm. Putting the ewe and her twins in a jug with a dog house to protect the new lambs. Had another lamb today too.We had one ewe lamb born during the storm. We put a dog house and jug panels to keep her and mom in one place. The twins from...
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 28, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s a good thing we burned the brush earlier. Today it’s blowing hard with up to 52 mile per hour gusts and a steady wind. There is a lot of dust in the air. Of course one of the ewes decided to go into labor.First lamb of the season. A nice healthy ram...
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 25, 2010 | Uncategorized
Got another big pile of brush and old trees burned today. This pile has been sitting here for a couple of years. We still have one pile to burn but it’s too close to the hay barn, we have to wait until there is no hay inside and be sure the wind is from the...
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
Pregnant ewes out on pasture. They enjoy sitting in their hay. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
Got more brush burned today. These are the last 2 piles in the main orchard pasture. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Woke up this morning to more snow.But it melted off pretty fast and we got the pregnant ewes out onto pasture. Just in time, live cover ewes are at 144 days gestation and the AI ewes are at 142 days. I am expecting lambs by this weekend. A few flowers even started to...
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Larry brought up his brush rake to push the brush from our orchard into burn piles. You can’t see it from here but the entire orchard is full of brush from pruning. Larry on the tractor, Ken & Daniel with the brush rake.Detail of the brush rake. This one is...
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Harri is an Akbash protection dog. This is his first meeting of our pregnant ewes. They were doing well but he is a bit more active than Kimball so they are not yet used to him. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
While the main orchard isn’t growing well we do have a bit of grass around our guest house. So we decided to use the pregnant ewes to mow it. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
We’re late getting the brush out of the orchard. We burn the prunings and we got one pile burned today. This is the view down the orchard. Still not much grass! Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
The last couple of days we’ve been vaccinating the sheep and also doing toe trims. I can’t do too many toes before my hands give out so we do them in batches. Pregnant ewes are now completely done except for the spring dewormer. I do that 24-48 hours...
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 11, 2010 | Uncategorized
We are starting to get more customers. We are not officially open with regular hours until the end of May but I do open up if people call first. Here is the wool and meat shop. Lots of lovely rovings in stock and a lot of new yarns as well. Plus we still have our...
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 10, 2010 | Uncategorized
First part of the annual spring tune-up for the sheep. Yearling rams all got tags inserted and toes trimmed.30 sheep times 4 legs per sheep times 2 toes per leg means my hands are tired! Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 9, 2010 | Uncategorized
Time to put in the official scrapie tags in the sheep. It was a bit cold but sunny. Tags in, the sheep are now racing back for breakfast. This was the yearling ewes. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 7, 2010 | Uncategorized
One of our pregnant ewes catching a few rays.The evil sheep eye.Caren and I. She wanted a scratch but was a bit concerned when I held out my arm with the camera and it made such a funny clicking noise.Larry is back to build a replacement for the...
by OogieFarmBlog | Apr 1, 2010 | Uncategorized
It may actually be spring now. Lots of people are putting in gardens and on our farm spring work is starting in ernest. That makes it a really good time to ask where your food is coming from. Who is YOUR farmer? Do you know where your food is grown? How it is grown?...
by OogieFarmBlog | Mar 31, 2010 | Uncategorized
With the snow mostly gone we can let the chickens out to scratch and get bugs and grass. They sure enjoy being out of jail. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Mar 30, 2010 | Uncategorized
Nearly the end of March and we may be seeing spring, I hope. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
by OogieFarmBlog | Mar 29, 2010 | Uncategorized
Winnie is in with the rams and doing a very good job. She is our most protective and aggressive dog but we really appreciate her attention to her sheep. Desert Weyr Farm Blog
