It's that time of year when babies come in quantities, and the weather is not always kind. Although it has been an unusually warm December, today started to get pretty chilly out there. When the temps start dipping below freezing, we put the animals up in the barn at night. We did recently have two lambs born on the same night, and I moved them both to the nursery stall. We keep one stall in the barn kind of clean and dry in preparation for lambing and babies. If all goes wel

It's never easy to say goodbye to a good sheep. But we know that harvesting them, for us, is a better end than any that Mother Nature has...

MAN - sweater weather just can't get here fast enough! I can't STAND the 100degF days of summer. It's hard on me, it's hard on my animals...

Today was a butcher day. When you raise food for meat, you have these days. They aren't always easy, and I tend to compartmentalize to...

I'm drowning in eggs over here. It's that time of year. More eggs than buyers! (Please come by eggs!) So I have to find lots of creative...

So, I'm always reluctant to come out of hibernation and leave hygge behind for the extra chores of spring. It's a slow fade - slowly...

We lost a lamb this morning. And it devastates me every time. If I had been there in time, this lamb may not have died. Or it might have....

We've been farming here for 17 years. There are things that come and go like fads. Folks that don't farm or ranch often grab onto a...

National Western Stock Show was quite an experience, and saying goodbye to Ferrix was so very hard.

The progress of our farm has had ups and downs over the years. Not everything and not all the time, but for most of our 17 years, we have...

Each year starts with a bevy of lambs being born. And it's not just a joke that ewes love to give birth in the worst storms. So we wait...

Probably.... Turkey weekend is our biggest weekend of the year. I plan for it all year long. It's a great opportunity to meet my...

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN JULY 2013 I'm bringing back this post because it is relevant again today: OK dear customers, at the end of this...

It takes me a while to decompress after fair. It's always such a whirlwind, and so different than daily life. Not a vacation, by any...

You know I like data, right? What would life be without my sheep spreadsheet... I was making some updates today - some that made me sad....

When I got my MBA over 20 years ago (WHAT?), I remember being struck in my entrepreneurship class by a statement my professor made - that...

Happy New Year! It's lamby time! We have a batch of young ewes that are pregnant and expecting any time now. Since the first of the year,...

Well, what a way to start the new year. New Years morning, I went out to let the animals out and feed the pigs. Their water tank was...

Our first two sheep were named Laverne and Shirley. This isn't new news, they were such lovely sheep. If it weren't for them, we likely...

Alright folks, I'm gonna lay it out there. For DECADES now, I have mostly had male dogs and I have always felt that I bond better with...