Category: Hay and Forage
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June Pastures
Our pastures are quite spotty. The combination of our cold spring and problems with irrigation has made it hard to grow good grass. However, what has been growing is, fortunately, of high quality. It looks like we might have some apples, too. The June drop has not happened yet, but so far, we do still… Continue reading
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Sheep on Pasture
For your enjoyment, here are some photos of the pregnant ewes out on pasture. They enjoy sitting in their hay. Continue reading
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Woolly Lawnmowers
While the main orchard isn’t growing well, we do have a bit of grass around our guest house. We decided to use the pregnant ewes to mow it. Continue reading
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Burning Brush
We’re late getting the brush out of the orchard. We burn the prunings when they pile up. We got one pile completely finished today! This is our view down the orchard. There still isn’t much grass! Continue reading
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Green Grass
FINALLY! The snow is melting and the grass is growing. We are a month away from lambing, so getting the pasture up and ready for sheep is critical. Prompt: Today’s theme is the color green. Make a photograph dominated by green and post it. Continue reading
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Feeding Sheep
The sheep are in the winter pens now. Here you can see the ewes eating hay and, later, a nearly-empty feeder. We’re going through more hay than normal, but we also have more sheep than normal. A good selection of ewes, ewe lambs, and ram lambs is for sale if you’d like to start your… Continue reading
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Last Hay of the Year
Judd just got the last hay of the year baled and delivered today. We buy hay from our neighbors. This second cutting looks especially good. There was more hay than we expected. We won’t need any additional for the year, and we’ll be well set for winter. Our next job will be to send a… Continue reading
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Rams on Pasture
Now that the hay is in, we can put the rams out on the front pear orchard pasture. They’ll clean up the parts we cannot cut. This is the first time all the sheep will be out on pasture at the same time. We have one ewe who is sick and one ewe and a… Continue reading
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Our First Cutting Hay Is in the Barn!
Judd came back and finished stacking the hay in the barn. Here he is getting the last bales out of our front pear orchard field. These pictures show the last load of hay getting stacked in the barn. Now it’s all in. Continue reading
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First Hay in the Barn
Our first load of hay was delivered late in the day today. Unfortunately, the face was uneven, and the stack fell down. Ken re-stacked it so the next ones would be okay. Continue reading