9/12/2006

Full Moon, Bright Stars

The end of summer and the harvesting of apples and squash and finally some tomatoes, bring the fall fiber events that we’ll be attending. The sugar maples are starting to change colors and the cool nights bring frosty kisses to the tender flowers. The sheep are doing great! Not to worry about them. I do miss them since the ewes are on another farm nearby, grazing some lovely grasses. I am still trying to decide whether or not to breed them for April and March lambs. Later is so much less work, much better temperatures for me to deal with lambing difficulties, but the down side is if they go onto pasture in early May, the lambs won’t have their lamb creep set up and will miss what the grain can offer for improved growth. On the other hand, less graining is less expense. And yet on the other hand  the local fresh lamb market appreciates grass fed. I’ll keep you posted on that decision.

Flock size is 15 at the moment. 4 rams, 11 ewes.