Category: Community
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Stone Brew Visitors and Haying!
Greg Koch from Stone Brewing, plus Susan Duniphin and 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, then got a great tour of both Revolution Brewing’s new facility and their tasting room. Of… Continue reading
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More Beer!
This is Mike next to one of the new fermenters at Revolution Brewing. It’s installed and working! Soon, they won’t run out of beer on the weekends. The second one will have to wait until they get the brewing facility active in their new building. Continue reading
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Visiting Friends
Marvyn and his kids, Jakey and Greta, came to visit us today. They’re on a whirlwind tour of western states for this vacation. Continue reading
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Goodbye, Old Truck
We sold our old 1951 Dodge truck today. At one time, I had aspirations of restoring it, but reality set in later. I know I’ll never have the time or skills to do so myself. The new owner restores cars as a hobby, and he’s promised to come back when it’s all done and take… Continue reading
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Exploring Social Media
An article I read a while ago about reserving your name on popular social media sites forced me into exploring Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube. Because of our farm business, I added Ravelry to the short list of critical places to be on. At first, I just wanted to be sure no one else was OogieM… Continue reading
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The Shearing Is Done!
I was too busy to take any pictures, but we got the entire flock shorn yesterday. We had a good crew – a bunch of folks from Ravelry came, plus the Clocks, and people from Mesa Winds Farm. We started at about 8:15 AM and got done around 1:15 PM. There are 132 naked sheep… Continue reading
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New Sheep Sign
We got the second part of our sign up today. Now, people will easily know what we do and sell here. We also have a sign up by the barn that shows the UK association logo, since we’re also members of that association. Continue reading
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Yarns and More
I’m getting set up on Ravelry as a yarn vendor. Over there, my username is OogieM, and our yarn brand is Desert Weyr. Below are the yarns I currently have in stock. This is a blend of 50% Black Welsh and 50% Western Fine Wool from a local Delta County flock. It’s designed for lace… Continue reading
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Being Filmed
I was interviewed for the Locavore Movie, which is about local food, sustainable farming, and the state of modern agriculture. I have no idea whether any of my answers will be in the movie. It’s due to be produced only on DVD, and it’ll be available in Spring 2009. Flat Stanley got his picture taken… Continue reading
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Flat Stanley Has a Busy Day
Today was quite a busy day here at the farm. Things didn’t really get started until the afternoon, but we had a lot to do. Our first problem was the septic tank. We’ve had some sewer gas backing up into the house when we do laundry. The plumber came yesterday, and we found a trap… Continue reading
