Category: Farm Life
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Shop Work
The shop floor has been sealed and painted, and the metal on the sides is up. The metal is to help prevent any fires if sparks from welding bounce around and hit the drywall. We used leftover metal roofing material from various projects, so we have a colorful shop! Continue reading
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Construction, Again!
It’s the 9th of July, and Bill McKee moved his construction trailer back on-site to finish the last of the work that the shop needs. Blog updates have been slow. I’ve had problems getting pictures uploaded, which is the reason for all the delays. We should be about caught up now, though. Continue reading
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End of Lambing
It’s the 5th of July, and it’s the official end of lambing. We had 73 lambs born, of which six were stillborn. Not too bad! We had four ewes who did not lamb. Two will be butchered, and two will get a second chance next year. Continue reading
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First Cutting Hay Is In!
It’s the 3rd of July, and the rest of the first cutting hay is in the barn. It’s less than half the hay we got last year – only 23 tons – but it’s good quality. We’ve already called and reserved another 32 tons from another farmer, and we may buy more if the second… Continue reading
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Painting Finished and First Hay
The painting of the new shop is finished. It came out looking really nice. We have a few things left to finish on the inside, and then, we’ll finally be done. Today, we got the first of the hay for the year loaded into the barn. We received three loads of about 70 bales each.… Continue reading
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Chicks Are Growing
The baby chicks are growing well and feathering out nicely. We already turned off the big heater, and now they only have a few heat lamps at night. Soon, we’ll be able to turn those off, too. Continue reading
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Painting
Baxter Painting is here to finish the exterior of the shop. We decided that an all-red shop would be too glaring, so instead, we’re doing a white body with red trim. It’s still bright, but it should stay nice and cool in summer, too. Continue reading
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Right at Home
I guess this pile of wood shavings mulch makes a great bed/lookout area! Continue reading
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Sheep and Chickens
The spare sheep has settled right in here at Desert Weyr. He hardly even moves now when we go outside. He’s eating the hay meant for the horses and donkey, and we’ve had to move sheep away from where he hangs out. I sure wish he’d move on to someplace else. The newest batch of… Continue reading
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Spare Sheep
We had a spare sheep today – a Rocky Mountain Big Horn ram. A young one, too, by the look of the horns. He was in the grazing pen with our sheep. We scooted ours back into the corrals and took down the fencing so he could escape. That’s the end of grazing the front… Continue reading