151213 Picture Day

We could not get everyone to cooperate at the same time.

Here's the best of the rest.

Choose 2.

151210 Perfect day in December

Its been a number of years since we have had such a lovely day in December. Temperature of 51 and overcast without wind or rain or snow. Most of the major improvements in place: perimeter fence, access road. animal sheds, freeze proof water supply. Time to start training again.

Poor Chris the merino

151027 Let there be water!

TANK at SITE LEVEL

View from the trench



TANK SET UP WITH ACCESS






TANK AND ACCESS

Tank site

Line leading to freeze pruf Hydrant

Dave at the controls near the hydrant

Jamie heading back after excavator lesson

151007 Susannah & Homer & Virgil

150927 Look out here comes that sheep in a coat!

150928 Donkeys

Homer enjoys having Virgil's visit. Virgil would 

play too rough with him at this point so they are supervised

during their time together.

Virgils right rear hoof/leg was giving him some 

discomfort but he is now able to put weight 

on it without apparent difficulty.

150731 Grading accomplished; Ready to seed

Looking North to Turners Line

Looking South at PondView Terraces

Looking South over Forebay and Pond

Looking West at Ewes grazing Turners Line.

150714 Homer

150714 An embarrassment of riches

When is too much clover just too much?

14" of Ladino Clover

After grazing 2x

Left side 2nd year grazing ; front 3 years grazing

150616 Lambs are out to pasture

Freckles and her twins

150603 Daisy & Onslow & Trefoil

Meet Daisy and Onslow 

Barbados Blackbelly Lambs

Daisy likes clover

Onslow -- he's the man!

Birdsfoot Trefoil a form of clover that will help make Onslow and Daisy grow big and strong.

150506 Late lambs --- oops!

Freckles delivers last.
Two new lambs make their debut.
One is getting spiffied up by mom
and the other is already looking for the teat.

150503 A new foal

A NEW FOAL IS BORN

"No ray of sunshine is ever lost 

but the green which it awakens into existence needs time to sprout 

and it is not always granted for the Sower to see the harvest. 

All work that is worth anything is done in faith."

- Albert Schweitzer

150416 Our new feed troughs installed

"You are never to old to set another goal or dream another dream" ~ C. S. Lewis

A little pile of lambs sunning themselves

This little guy is the cutest there is......

Our new idea for feed trough
these are split 8" diameter corrugated drain pipe
$90 makes 40' of feeders

Rams in their tupping pen, using their new feed trough. It reduces farmer time and increases the opportunity for slower sheep to get their share. The corrugation makes the feed stay put and slows down the fast eaters.

150320 Arranging the creep during changeable weather

Whose ur Mama?

Caution: Lambs at play

The creep area for shelter and ad lib feed for the lambs

150308 Monster Truck takes Ewe-ery by Storm

Monster Tracks keep MUV from sinking in snow

Plow to clear path for Sheep and Vehicles

All Terrain - it can go anywhere.
Mud Water Snow Ice
Bring it on!

150228 Winter moon and stars

Winter moon and stars

150228 The plot thickens.....are they going to make it this winter.

Drifts and paths.

The fence half buried. Steps cut to the gates.Virgil at the barrow.

Yea the MUV finally plowed the whole road

150213 A passel of lambs but it's cold outside

5 degrees outside and dry snow

There's a pond under that somewhere

Aisa and her lamb

A passel of lambs

Without the MUV I don't know what we would do!