Sep 13
Today , as most days we had to move the sheep from the pens to the field where they eat grass. This changes fairly often depending on the size of the grazing area Kay has fenced for the sheep. Yesterday Kay was pretty upset…She had traded a Spring Ram lamb for two Spring Ewe lambs …
Sep 11
Last Saturday a week ago Les, Drover and I attended an AHBA Herding Trial in Chesapeake VA. We left Friday afternoon and the weather was great! Hot but clear and Great! HOT ! But I said that all ready! The camp ground we stayed in closed the gates at dark thirty, but I did not …
Sep 10
I have a new computer! Old one is SLOW! And punny! I have been learning this one! I like it I think! So much has been going on! Thursday night the Old COPPERHEAD from the Spring , that bit 3 of my dogs came back! He got Montanna (bad) and first, then the Pup! Knot …
Aug 27
I grew up and still live in a small community called Jackson Creek , in North Carolina…We are in the Uwharriee Mountain Range…I am told the oldest mountains on the continent! I attended Piney Grove UM Church most of my life…Recently I have not … Today was the fourth Sunday in August. That is all …
Aug 21
Last night I fully expected to see another lamb in the barn this morning! But I was wrong! Moon has shrunk! But there was no more lambs! She was as wide as she is long before the birth! Moon has tons of milk! Baby and Mother are fine! We moved the girls closer to my …
Aug 21
This afternoon Durango (now DEANO) went to Margaret Proctors to further his “Puppy Education”!!! He is a great Farm Dog and has been working quite well with Drover. Plus he has made every step I have fencing and such. Plus he is a great ratter, vermin hunter… But two puppies at the same time the …
Aug 19
I have two Amarillo/Drover puppies still here with me! Stetson is waiting on his new owner a Rancher from Montana to pick him up the first of September. Durango does not as yet have a new home or even a prospect! But he will … Anyway the Maple Grove Farm Four (when there was still …
Aug 17
Finally Yesterday , Danieleeto that helps me do yard /farm work showed up to fish. I asked if he wanted to help me and he said yes. So today I picked him up at 7:20 AM (I know don’t faint) I was really there! We came back to the farm and got started. The poke …
Jul 27
Today has been the hottest day yet. The humidity has been terrible. Making the heat worse! I was washing off my porch floor for the second time in 2 days! I have reclaimed MY PORCH! The puppies and dogs have to stay off it now. I sewed up the porch swing, replaced the stuffing! Yes …
Jul 26
I have seen it all!!!! The Maple Grove Farm Four…Prove me wrong! Just went out to put the Boys to bed in their crates. The Gator was left close by their crates and I called “Pup, Pup, Pup!!! Not seeing the little rascals right away , then I looked up! There they say quiet and …
