I will limit my summertime complaints to a haiku:
Heat, a ball and chain
Toils provide shade and water
The grass does not grow
We do have some great things going on right now. Breeding season has begun. This year we are breading forty ewes and estimate that we’ll have around sixty lambs in 2012....
The Ewes have all moved to the Moulton farm to graze down the Johnson grass, pig weed and crop residue from the vegetable beds. Their daily rotation has been a little under a tenth of an acre for 37 ewes. Below you can see the results of just one days grazing. Incredible work ladies!
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Rumor got around to our beautiful flock of Gulf Coast Sheep that they get to go to a newer, greener pasture very soon. Sheep are firm believers that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence, and since we employ “mob grazing” the sheep are always right, but they are always...
On our way to have a home built on our farm we assessed our long term goals and made a big decision. We found a nearby vegetable farm with a home on it for sale, and through a whirlwind of contracts, inspections, phone calls and visits to the bank we purchased it. All the while we have been brainstorming. ...
