Category: Events
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Sheep on Hay and Hill Sheep Show
The drought here in Colorado continues, and that, in combination with our ditches running dry, means our sheep are in their winter corrals a bit early. It’s easier to get them water and hay that way. It’s not all bad news, though. We’ll be heading to Michigan in a few days to attend the North… Continue reading
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Non-Surgical Sheep Artificial Insemination Seminar
The American Black Welsh Mountain Sheep Association and Desert Weyr, LLC are pleased to announce an intensive two-day seminar on non-surgical sheep artificial insemination taking place on December 5th and 6th of 2018. Dr. Philip Purdy from the USDA National Animal Germplasm Program will be teaching our class. The class will cover important AI topics,… Continue reading
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Art and Ag Tour, 2018
We’re getting excited for the first Art and Ag Tour in the North Fork Valley next weekend. This event showcases our many art studios and galleries, plus our wonderful agricultural products. Here at our farm, the community has been invited to help weave a special wall hanging for display. We’ll have the loom warped and… Continue reading
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Garvin Mesa Day
We’re ready to celebrate on Garvin Mesa! It’s finally here! Come out and get your own personally signed copy of Bob’s book, “Much Ado About Mutton.” Continue reading
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All About Mutton Is Coming to Paonia
This year, for Garvin Mesa Celebrate! Day, we’ll be hosting Bob Kennard for a book signing. Bob is the author of “Much Ado About Mutton,” a wonderful book about the history of mutton as a premium meat. We’ll also be serving smoked mutton samples for guests. Come out and visit us on the 31st of… Continue reading
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Colorado Woolgrowers Convention and the LambTracker Program
We just got back from our yearly Colorado Woolgrowers Convention. This is the once-per-year, two-day meeting of the sheep industry in Colorado. In addition to the regular reports on world meat and wool markets, they talk about what the US Government is doing about grazing and water rights. We also get updates on predator pressure… Continue reading
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Early July, Hot and Dry
Grazing continues, and we are on our second round of grazing the main pastures. So far, our irrigation water has been good, but there’s no snow on Mt. Lamborn. As the old saying goes, if there’s still snow on Lamborn by the 4th of July, it’ll be a good year for water. It’s not going… Continue reading
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Ravelympics Medals
I’m nearing the end of my Ravelry Knitting Olympics. I was on two different teams. Team WIPs 2010, with two projects for WIPs – dancing was the first. Sadly, I will not medal in either project for this event. However, for Team Tardis, I’ve medaled in four events with a total of five projects! I… Continue reading
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The Ravelympics
Here I am working on my simple socks for the WIPs Dancing Event for Team WIP 2010. I have also finished Aerial Unwind for Team Tardis. Frogged an unidentified garter stitch something. Continue reading
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Paonia Mountain Harvest Festival
On Sunday morning, we headed to the town park for the Mountain Harvest Festival Farmers’ Market. Ray came to help at the booth. He took care of it so I could take the occasional break. Monica from Small Potatoes Farm was also there selling potatoes and garlic braids. It was a good day. We had… Continue reading