A truly gorgeous day out today. It was 40 F when I got up this morning, and although it’s breezy, it’s beautiful. I wish we didn’t have erranding to do, I would much rather be working outdoors!
As I was walking in from chores, my eye was caught by this lovely volunteer that is thriving near [...]
Archive for the ‘Farm’ Category
Garden remainders
Posted in Farm, Food, Gardens, Seasons, tagged asparagus, pansies on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Speaking of goats…
Posted in Farm, Farming, LaMancha Goats, goats, tagged breeding, Elvis, goat behavior, goats on November 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
With all this talk about sheep breeding groups, I have left our poor LaMancha dairy goats out of the equation. Even though we have very flexible fencing and paddock areas, I have been scratching my head over how to get the goats together as a group with a buck, and just let them get down [...]
In the field
Posted in Farm, Seasons, Sheep, tagged breeding, Coopworth sheep on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We finally were able to get the field breeding group coated yesterday! Yay! Now we can get our little Hamish in there with them in the hopes that the breeding will go smoothly and quickly. The girls and Jingle the donkey have been busy eating the last of the grass down there, and will probably [...]
Lamb Shearing
Posted in Farm, Fiber, Lambs, Sheep, tagged fleece, shearing on September 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
We had an absolutely gorgeous weekend! Amazing weather, cool but sunny. It really feels like autumn has arrived. It was the perfect time to have Emily the shearer join us for the fall lamb shearing.
Here Persimmon is in our shearing “waiting” room. She is not a lamb, but she is half Border Leicester and [...]
Longest Scarf
Posted in Charities, Farm, Fiber Arts, tagged Fiber, Heifer.org, Knitting, scarf, wool on September 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I am madly working on another scarf section for the American Coopworth Registry’s team entries into the Longest Scarf in the World project to benefit Heifer. Since 2009 was designated by the United Nations as the Year of Natural Fiber, teams of knitters are working together to create scarves (all 9″ wide) out of wool, [...]
Amphibians win!
Posted in Amphibians, Farm, tagged frogs on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In this summer-of-the-rains, I can only think that the happiest beings in our neighborhood are the frogs. The bug population is thriving, so hopefully the frogs and toads are getting their fill. Everywhere you step, something hops in front of you! Usually they are small, patterned froglets, but two larger specimens have become our good [...]
Summer vacation?
Posted in Farm, Fiber, Fiber Arts, Vacation, tagged spinning, teaching, Vacation, weaving on August 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I wish I could make a really concrete list of things that I have accomplished this summer. I did take a class at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham which was good, and I am partially re-organized in my studio, but I haven’t gotten much knitting done, and I haven’t gotten my loom warped [...]
Maine Fiber Arts Tour Open House
Posted in Farm, Farming, Fiber Arts, tagged Coopworth sheep, goats, Maine on August 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This weekend we are participating in the Maine Fiber Arts Tour weekend open house. We are part of the two-year tour map, so anyone is welcome to give us a call and come by at any time, but this weekend is set aside as a formal Open House.
We got really lucky with the weather, [...]
Donkey Trek
Posted in Farm, Livestock guards, Pasture, Sheep, tagged Coopworth sheep, donkeys on August 5, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We have been discombobulated here on the farm, what with the animal nursing and crazy weather. It’s been an intention of ours to get our guard donkey, Jingle, down to the pasture to be with the rams for quite some time. Since the rams had to come home because of Kyra’s Boy’s leg issues, we [...]
Piggies In, Chickens Out
Posted in Farm, Farming, Food, Pigs, chickens, tagged Cornish X chickens, Large Black pigs, Tamworth pigs on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I love it when we find balance on the farm. Our daily life is very routine-oriented and when anything changes that routine, it takes me almost a week to fine-tune how my chore times look. Maybe I am slow to adapt, I don’t know!
As our farm goes, we try not to have too many different [...]
