The woman who sold us our sheep–Friesian ewes–last spring averred we would be too overwhelmed as new farmers to think about breeding them. But that would mean waiting an awful long time–spring 2015–before we had any lambs. Then I met a young woman over the holidays who quickly became my new sheep mentor. Her response […]
With all of the recent snowfall melted I thought this was a fine time to take the sheep back to the upper pasture and finish what they started in the fall. They’re much happier grazing than eating hay. Our friend Mary, visiting from California, captured this image of me leading the sheep up the hill […]
I rewarded the sheep with a bit of grain after a round of hoof trimming yesterday. Emily, our Jersey heifer, wasn’t about to be left out. Notice how cleverly she disguises herself as one of the sheep.
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