Wow – what a day! Warm and sunny. What’s not to like? Well, the road that’s turning to mud, for one thing. As much as we enjoy working outside on days like today, it is mid-January and it’s not supposed to be like this. Hopefully, we’ll enjoy a few warm days and the temps will drop a bit before any precip moves in. Rain we don’t need!
The 10+ inches of snow we received last week are melting fast! For the most part, the November weather has been lovely – mild and dry. It’s such a bonus this time of year to get good weather for the many chores involved in getting ready for winter. The gardens have mostly been cleaned up…
Our schedule usually includes a string of alpaca shows each spring and fall. Both are very busy times of year even without the added stress of shows. But now that Ron is so busy shearing, we don’t do all the spring shows that we used to do. Ron took four of our boys to the…
We had several lovely warm, sunny days last week…and we’re paying for it. Our road is the worst we’ve seen in years. The path down to our compost pile – where we haul manure every day – is almost impassable. We still have at least a couple feet of snow on the ground, so things…
It’s not quite mid-November and we already have a good snow cover thanks to the almost-foot we’ve received so far today. It’s a little early, but the snow and the cold seem here to stay. There are a lot of things we do on the farm to get ready for winter, and we’ve had to…
We picked up our first load of 2010 second cut hay yesterday! We usually get our first load of hay in late August, so this is early and very welcome! It always feels so good to start putting up hay for the season. You have to keep in mind that we don’t have pastures available…
We woke to 20’s and snow this morning! This spring has been warm and the pastures have been greening up nicely. We knew it was only a matter of time before mother nature threw a wrench into the works. That’s what we get for taking the chains off the tractor! We have several new additions…