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The Farm for Week of May 18th

Posted on May 18, 2012 by

Things to continue to chug along here.  We feel like our first week of USDA pork sales went well and many customers also bought some of Sol Farm’s organic veggies to go along with their pork or egg purchase.  I … Continue reading →

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Weekend Update for May 13th

Posted on May 13, 2012 by

A busy and great weekend for us.  In lamb news the first of our babies got picked up to go to his new home.  Groucho will become the ram for a very cool little homestead and “outdoor college”  Alderleaf Farm … Continue reading →

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Blinky’s Brush with Death

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

My day begins at 5:15 AM feeding the sheep their grain and the lambs their bottles.  I almost had a dead lamb at 5:30 AM.  Here is Blinky’s story. I uneventfully put down three pans of sheep chow this morning … Continue reading →

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Get to Know Our Lambs (bios on our babies)

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

Since we have a small amount of lambs this year it’s been wonderful to get to know all of them individually.  Here’s a little bio on each of them. Luanne’s Lambs – the oldest Triplets (for sale) These are 3 … Continue reading →

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Ride ‘em Pigboy!

Posted on April 3, 2012 by

I spent most of last weekend painting the inside of our new farm stand.  It is going to look sharp!  At one point Mark asked me to come out and help him give his sows a shot. He had gotten … Continue reading →

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Lessons Learned from Lambing Season 2012

Posted on March 26, 2012 by

Our first lambing season is over and I’m happy (and a wee bit surprised) to say that it all went well and every lamb is thriving.  It felt a little bit dramatic at the start, but I learned that most … Continue reading →

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Mary Had A Little Lamb (Really!!)

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

Mary just gave us our last lamb for the season.  A very BIG healthy white ewe lamb.  By far the most rigorous of all our lambs.  This one was literally bouncing around within hours of hitting the ground!

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Groucho or Panda?

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

Call him Groucho or call him Panda – either way he is waaaaaaay too cute!

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Weekend Update for March 17th

Posted on March 19, 2012 by

For me this weekend was about getting back to normal.  Meaning NOT getting up for midnight lamb feedings!  The two sets of triplets are doing pretty well with their first time mama’s.  My ongoing concern with these first time overachievers (triplets … Continue reading →

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Triplets for Snowball!

Posted on March 17, 2012 by

Snowball, Snowball, Snowball…. Ewe of the prolapse, ewe of enormous size and focal point of my pregnancy watch obsession.  You have really out done yourself this time! I got every shepardess’ worst nightmare – The Call.  My call went like … Continue reading →

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