Baby, Lamb
Look who Papa found in the barn today…
Sheep/Lambs
Chocolate Lambs and Happy Brassicas
Spring brings so much hope, even these nights that dip back down into the 20s, even the days like tomorrow forecasted to bring wet snow can’t set us back into winter. The snow is gone, streams of water replacing the ice sheet that had been hunkered down on the field. Just this weekend I saw …
Lambing Season
Two new lambs were born this evening to Blink! She is a seasoned Mama, calm and strong. Two ewes have lambed so far, and there are four more to go. We are so thankful for the sunshine and warm weather that arrived just in time! And here’s a few photos from this evening’s seeding: It …
Sheep Wake-Up Call
After a night punctuated by Waylon’s crying–he’s teething and the worst of it seems to be when he wakes up at night–we slept in a bit, lying in bed even as the light began to sift through the cupola windows. The dogs barked a few times, and they reluctantly laid back down when we told …
Stretching out the Pasture
Snow flurried yesterday morning, dusting the ground in white. The sheep didn’t seem to mind, their fleece thick, and continued to find green grass in the pasture. Soon enough they will be back in the barnyard for winter, eating hay and reuniting with the rams. For now, though, they continue to move and graze …
The Rhythm of Chores
Red, yellow and orange splash across the Worcester Range and frame our pasture. The colors of fall are rich, enveloping us in their warmth even as the cool air blows across the field and slows growth in the garden. At the end of September I have just only gotten back into the rhythm of chores, …
Sheep Love Broccoli
We’ve known it for a while: with all the rain and cloudy skies, the solar-charged battery that runs our electric fencing was not getting enough sun to stay fully charged. It hasn’t been much of an issue, though, as we move our sheep every day to new pasture, and the broilers, hens and pigs also …
End of Lambing Season, Beginning of Spring
It is official: lambing season on Good Heart Farmstead is over. Deisha gave birth last Friday to a beautiful ram lamb, who has been dubbed Amaranth. His coloring is similar to Acorns, with patches of white and moorit. All of our lambs, even those born to our two black ewes, have come out white or …
Lambs, Seeds, and Re-building
It’s amazing how fast weeks go by, especially as the sun stretches longer into the day and a new set of to-dos pops up with spring time. Edge has been working full time on the farm since April began, but I am still working at High Mowing Organic Seeds until the end of the month. …
Blink’s Boys
Edge went down for morning chores last Tuesday to find a new little lamb in the barnyard. Blink, our black sheep and alpha ewe, had just birthed the first of two lambs and was getting ready for the second to come out. Edge led her into a closed off area of the barn, and when …