One of our best breeding ewes failed to come down the hill from the upper pasture with the rest of the sheep this morning. Knowing how pregnant she was–bursting at the seams–I had a hunch why she’d stayed behind. I pictured her giving birth in the rain. I grabbed a bucket of grain and with […]
In the past we had a large load of hay delivered to the farm to feed our animals over the winter. That didn’t work out this year, so we turned to the farmers who sell us our non-GMO feed–the Elsworths–and they agreed to set aside enough hay to tide us over. The only hitch is, […]
A year ago we had four feet of snow on the ground and temperatures testing record lows. You wouldn’t know it looking out the window. Our biggest snowfall this season occurred a couple of days ago–maybe two inches–and it’s already melted away as the mercury climbs past 50 degrees. El Nino? We’ll take it. According […]
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