12/5/2007

Snowy Days

It’s been snowing on and off up in the Hilltowns for almost a week. The ground is frozen and the few flower heads with seeds have given up their wholesome nuritiousment to the little chickadees and finches. Now we are feeding out some black oil sunseeds and suet for the wild birds that stick around for the winter. We are on the count down for harvest of the lambs. This weekend is the planned harvest and we are blessed with four healthy lambs and two rams this year. This will be the first time we harvest a mature sheep for mutton and sausage. All the lamb is destined to be in the freezer at friends and family’s homes for Christmas. The traditional Christmas lamb will bless our table as well. Last week we delivered three ewes to their new homes. It wasn’t difficult because they were going to very good homes. Not only will their wool be used but they will be enjoyed by humane loving shepherds. It’s the best I could hope for them. As I move into more purebred breeding, I have to reduce the size of the crossbred ewe flock. That was the main focus of down sizing the ewe flock this year. All for now, Lisa