March Update

It'a been raining since yesterday afternoon and looks like it will continue to rain for the rest of the week. We are glad to have the rain. The shearer came yesterday and we vaccinated everyone. The sheep are much happier without their heavy fleeces. This year the fleeces were really nice. I attribute that to our mild winter. They weren't dealing with snow and ice. I noticed a couple of the ewes looked like they were getting close. It won't be long before we have lambs on the ground again.

January Update

I hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and New Years. Life on the farm has been busy, as usual. We faced a hay shortage and high prices for the hay that was available. This year we stayed away from the alfalfa and fortunately, we found decent hay as we needed it and adjusted the grain feeding in the barn to compensate for the reduced hay quality. I'm down to a dozen or so ewes and 2 rams. Neville went in with the ewes on November 1st. We had an excellent bunch of lambs last year, so I am looking forward to this years and keeping a few back as replacements. We had a wonderful Christmas. My parents made it down for a visit, which always makes it special, and more so this year because about 2 weeks ago my mom became very ill and was diagnosed with cancer- stage 4. It's something we would have never imagined, as our family had been cancer free, until now. So, we are taking things day by day and praying that she recovers.

As you can see, we did see a little snow this year. Not much, and it melted quickly. It has been a mild winter overall and nice for the sheep. The shed peeking out in the corner is one we found at Farm Fest and was on special. It was a treat to finally have a suitable shelter for the sheep in the pen with the sheep vs having to move the sheep to a barn. That never went well as anyone who's had to move sheep can imagine.