Desert Weyr Blog
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New Livestock Guardian Puppy
We got another LGD puppy in January. She’s an Akbash by the name of Teasel. She’s been growing fast, and she’s already a teenage dog. March continues to be dry. We’re scheduled to shear the sheep later this month, so it’ll probably start snowing or raining by then. Continue reading
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Bare Ground
It looks like the drought is continuing. We have bare ground outside now, and we’re below average for snow-water equivalent. Our tests last summer with extremely intensive sheep grazing helped us keep the sheep on pasture for longer than expected. Given the state of the reservoir this year, we’ll likely be doing the same again.… Continue reading
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Rams in Winter
It’s winter in western Colorado. We have some snow, but not nearly enough yet. It was enough to cover the solar panels, though. The adult rams are doing well, and Becky the guard dog is on duty. Continue reading
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We’re Baaack!
The Desert Weyr farm blog is back in business! After over a year off, I’m ready to start blogging about the farm again. I’m hoping to write updates roughly once per month. Continue reading
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Feeding Bo and Peep
We’re hosting culinary students again. They’ve all enjoyed watching our two bottle lambs, Bo and Peep, being fed. Continue reading
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Yoda’s Lambs
Desert Weyr Yoda is one of our pet wethers. He’s usually fat enough that he looks like he’s ready to lamb! In this case, as Ken was checking the sheep, he noticed that Yoda had managed to snag a set of twins to care for. Their mom, Desert Weyr Briallen, seems glad to have an… Continue reading
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Lambing Is Over
Our 2011 lambing season is over. We got 58 nice lambs, but also had way too many open ewes. Desert Weyr Logan will be the guest of honor at Revolution Brewing later this year in the form of smoked kolbassi sausages. He didn’t get a single one of his ewes pregnant. The other ewes will… Continue reading
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Pot of Gold
Here’s today’s beautiful rainbow on Garvin Mesa. Could there be a pot of gold over there somewhere? Continue reading
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Independence Day
It’s the Fourth of July! The grass is looking good, and the lambs are growing very well. The saying in Paonia is that if Mt. Lamborn has snow on the fourth, it’ll be a good water year. This is a very good year – our cold spring and heavy snow mean plenty of irrigation water… Continue reading
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We Woke up the Chickens
With apologies to C.W. McCall, here are our sleepy hens and tired chicks. Continue reading