Jan 27
Today I fixed a chicken pie…(still trying for Grandma’s perfect pie) not there yet… But I can fix green beans and creamed potatoes like she did! The chicken pie was for the Friendly Neighborhood Club meeting (every 4th Tuesday) We were low in numbers 19 today but had tons of food! All delicious. Pot luck…Piney …
Jan 25
Watching lambs play in the field! Bounce and run! Tag you are IT! Run! Tag! Now you are it! After the rain and the barn difficulties…Les and I decided to build a temporary shelter in the field for the sheep and lambs. Ashlyn and her friend Lilly came over after church and we had lunch. …
Jan 25
Today one of the lambs was cold and not up nursing. I brought him to the house and gave him to Abilene to look after. I put the lamb beside her. She licked and mothered him, and warmed him up. I fixed some caned milk and sugar (all I had) and fed that to him. …
Jan 19
Is there anything more glorious than a cool, bright, sunny, beautiful January Sunday morning? I jumped out of bed to the sound of sheep bells quietly making music in the distance. It was cool but not cold. Threw on my barn clothes. Turned the Shepherds out …and down to the pasture we went! All 6 …
Jun 19
We have 5 grown full blooded Churio Navaho sheep. They do not shed their coats like the Katahdins do. The lady we got them from had been shearing them by hand (the old timey way before clippers) with a pair of hand held sheep sheers. My good friend Diane that does dog grooming has a …
Apr 26
Drover works every day on the farm with the sheep. He gathers and moves the sheep where I need them. He works the pens and helps me separate the sheep to doctor and check. Some days are long… some days require very little work. But Drover is all ways my go to dog for help …
Apr 23
Yesterday Les and I worked on our flock… Sheep require feet trimming, daily checking in general, vaccination against over eating and tetanus, as well as a check on parasites to name a few things…Then there is the petting:) We went looked the flock over real good…as I was making decisions about which lambs to keep …
Feb 09
Yesterday we had a set of twins born round 8:00PM…The Katahdin ewe had her first lambs. The large lamb was black and white. The tiny and I do mean tiny think smaller than a 4 week old puppy…has a reddish brown collar and is speckled red on white! But oh so tiny! Les and I …
Feb 08
I woke as the sun broke the eastern sky. Eager and ready for this beautiful day. The air had a fresh smell like sheets hung on a line to dry. There was a bit of wind and a definite crispness to the morning. The sky was Carolina Blue! and Beautiful! The dogs were surprised to …
Jan 31
Today was interesting! It started with Drover and I going up to let the sheep out. I had stalled the ewes I thought might deliver n one stall together for warmth instead of dividing them up for lots of room. I checked and no lambs in either stall. Good! so I let them out! Then …
