Category: Community
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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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Ram Semen Collection
I’m behind in posting here, as per usual. We spent a week in October working with the USDA NAGP to collect and freeze semen from our rams. Some will be used later this year in our flock as part of their AI experiment. We’ll be using it to fine-tune the insemination timing of synchronized ewes… Continue reading
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RIP, John Ellenby
We’ve heard that our good friend, John Ellenby, has passed on. One of the companies he founded was Agilis. This picture has been on our wall for many years. In the archives of our old hardware, we had a Compass and a GRiDPad. Here’s a good article about John and his contributions to the world… Continue reading
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Lands End Sculpture Center
There’s a wonderful bronze foundry in our town called the Lands End Sculpture Center. Today, we got a tour. Here you can see them moving the crucible full of hot metal, ready to pour it into molds. The molds are pre-heated so they won’t crack. Then they’re lined up, ready for filling. The molten metal… Continue reading
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Elk at Sunset
Here’s a gorgeous picture of some elk at sunset in the Terror Creek Winery hay fields. Continue reading
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Range Flock
We passed this range sheep flock outside of Delta, grazing the old corn fields. Continue reading
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Sheep AI Work
We are once again doing research with the USDA National Animal Germplasm program. This year, we are collecting blood samples and other data on the ewes to evaluate their ovulation stats. The experiment calls for blood collections every hour, so we have a lot of work to do. We had our vet put catheters in… 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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More Sheep Moves
While Bob and Carolyn were here, we arranged for a visit to Joe Sperry’s flock of Polypay sheep to watch them being loaded onto the truck. His sheep are due to come down the mountain. Joe has a lovely flock of sheep. He moves them to his ranch in Delta using big trucks rather than… Continue reading
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Chasing Down Sheep
We just heard word that one of the range flocks was going to be moving their sheep through town. They’re coming down from the mountains to their winter pastures. We rushed off in search of the sheep! We found them, passed through the flock, and got in front so Bob could take some pictures. The… Continue reading