A Painters House Always Needs To Be Painted
And when the farmer also designs websites, it’s hard to balance everything and still find time to post on this blog. We realize our limitations and would like to continue the blog, but it may be infrequent. We could come up with tons of excuses for our lack of posting lately, but rather than do that we’ll give you some updates.
The summer was brutal. The pastures suffered greatly, but with proper mulching our garden was able to thrive. The sheep did very well too. To our surprise they managed to thrive on the weeds that could bear the drought. Sunflower, pictured in the previous post is a big girl now, nearly 100 lbs. Not to bad for a seven-month old. We didn’t even touch our hay supply until January, and still they don’t eat much of it. That gives us hope for year round grazing even in a very difficult year.
The hens probably had it the worst. They made it through, but cut way back on laying. We had to look at the chickens and their rotation through the pasture as a means to provide fertilizer.
Now it’s cool and wet. We are busily preparing for this growing season. The Garden is tilled. The ewes will begin within a week. We are brimming with anticipation.
With Love,
Amy + Shaun
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Shaun!!! I have found you again. So glad to see you are farming and thriving. We’re curious to learn more about your lambs and do you sell any of your chickens? We make a trip down to Austin about twice a year to buy some grass fed beef.
Cheers and take care!