Category: Farm Life
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King of the Hill
The adult rams are all out on pasture together. We’ve carefully hoarded a pile of dirt for them, and it has become the focus of much pushing and shoving. Each of the boys wants to become the top ram by occupying the highest place on the hill! Continue reading
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A Pasture Scene
Here are some of our pregnant (or hopefully pregnant) ewes on pasture. Continue reading
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Building Fences
We decided to build a welded wire fence around the front pear orchard that we hayed last year. That will give us two grazing paddocks in that area. We would normally use electric netting, but these need to be safe for the rams, and they tend to get their horns caught in the netting. Here’s… Continue reading
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Culinary School Visitors
We had students from the Culinary School of the Rockies here again this year. I didn’t get pictures of both groups, though. We had two sets of students, and each group stayed for two days. We evaluated sheep, trimmed toes, built fences, and sorted sheep. It was a great way for all of them to… Continue reading
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Our Ponds, Plus a Mini-Tour
We have several man-made ponds on our property. They provide emergency fire suppression and irrigation water, plus drinking water for the livestock. This view shows the guest house, shop, and red barn. This view shows the main house and hay barn. And finally, this is our lower pond. It has a liner, so the electric… Continue reading
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Waiting for Lambs
Some of the ewes yet to lamb are just huge! Meanwhile, the older lambs are really growing. Just look at that face! These are twin sister lambs out of Beatrix. Lamb gangs are forming up now, too. This ewe was checking out my lamb bag, but I caught her. Plus, a lamb was investigating the… Continue reading
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The Lambs and Me
Today, we welcomed a lovely set of twins into the world. As a bonus, here’s a self-portrait, with sheep in the background grazing on our front lawn. Continue reading
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Major Snow, AGAIN!
We woke up this morning to more snow! At least this one was a normal spring snow. It all melted by afternoon. We had no new lambs during this snow, which was nice. Continue reading
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Shepherd’s Crook & Electric Netting
One old, one new. These are two tools I use almost daily when we start grazing the sheep. The crook can catch and direct sheep, be a gate, be a staff, and act as a leaning pole and walking stick. The netting allows us to do managed intensive grazing on our property, letting us raise… Continue reading
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Apple Blossoms and Mount Lamborn
Mt. Lamborn is looking nice. It looks like it’ll be a good year for water. Our apple trees have all started blooming. My fingers are crossed that we’ll get some fruit this year. Continue reading
