Tag Archives: farm chores

Triplet Update

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

So far, the triplets are doing well and we’re beating the odds against premies and mortality. After four days of wrestling Luann she won’t take to the two white lambs.   Luann is 100% bonded and feeding the smallest black lamb.  And … Continue reading →

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Luann and Her Triplets: Day Three

Posted on March 12, 2012 by

I’ve got a new farm work out!  If you want to get this: Then all you have to do is this: But it really only works if you do it at 12:00 midnight and then again at 4:00 in the … Continue reading →

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Luanne’s Lambs

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

I looked out my bedroom window this morning and saw all our animals except for Luanne.  I bit odd, but no big deal.  As I was feeding the chickens all the white ewes were bleating at me and still no Luanne … Continue reading →

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Content Ewe

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

At last post (Monday) Mark had called me rather excited that Snowball was pushing hard with a really large “something” coming out.  Unfortunately another prolapse attack.  As of today (Thursday) all is well with her.  Eating, hanging out, no laboring … Continue reading →

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Failed Batch of Soap? Maybe Not!

Posted on February 29, 2012 by

“What are those?  They look like huge matzo balls!” queried my father.   Uh, no, they are elegant hand formed soap balls.  Can’t you tell?! A few weeks ago I posted that I cooked up a huge batch of homesteader soap … Continue reading →

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Weekend Activities for 2/12/2012

Posted on February 12, 2012 by

This is Snowball.  The ewe I obsess over.  All you Mama’s out there can feel her pain!  She has a month to go before she pops and she is literally twice the size of everyone else.  All the sheep have … Continue reading →

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This-N-That

Posted on February 2, 2012 by

A few notes from this week.  What to do with about 2 pounds of apricots that never really got sweet enough to eat?  Grab that packet of pectin from the pantry and make some freezer jam. Which would have turned … Continue reading →

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Llama Kisses

Posted on January 27, 2012 by

I’ve been doing a fair amount of obsessing over the girth sizes of my ewes… especially Snowball.  She is just so big and has so far to go.  Her nether regions are starting to look swollen like they are under … Continue reading →

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Sheep Shearing and New Piggies

Posted on January 2, 2012 by

Awesome weekend for us with new piggies here, then Mark picked up the hogs from the butcher and all the sheep and Zorro got shorn today!  Here’s the blow by blow with plenty of pictures. New Piggies Mark got three weaner pigs … Continue reading →

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Gleaning Local Sources for Feed Sustainability

Posted on December 22, 2011 by

Gleaning translates to “gather after the harvest: transitive and intransitive verb to go over a field or area that has just been harvested and gather by hand any usable parts of the crop that remain”  and in a way that … Continue reading →

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