Fall is quickly taking hold with the trees shedding their leaves and frost on the ground when I wake up. We put up more permanent fencing on the hill for the sheep to winter on. The waters in the pastures this morning had a nice layer of ice on top that I broke apart for the animals. I realized that I have been feverishly knitting christmas gifts but don’t have a pair of mittens for myself. I worked Gus today…
Today I was the first day since having my baby that I got to go down and do chores by myself. I have missed my animals terribly and was just as happy to see them as Ace was to see me. Ewestace and Purl were even happy to see me! Gus worked well for me tonight and didn’t even try to get away with anything naughty.
Gus here, I just wanted to clear some things up. First of all Olive should not be aloud to use the computer no telling what she might say! Second its very hard to be farm boss and we can’t all be perfect. I know that Mom thinks that she is farm boss but really my Dad is farm boss but since he has to be at his other job I have to do the job here. We like to let…
This post comes from the desk of Olive, she wanted you all to know Gus’s true colors! Well fall has arrived here in New York very cold (did I mention I come from Georgia) and now it is also raining. Any good southern girl can appreciate a good mud pile and I am no different. Thursday it started raining and man did I love splashing in the puddles, but by midday Friday those puddles have turned muddy. This is Saturday…
While waiting for Purdy to eat her breakfast grain this is an ongoing conversation I have with Purl one of our Lincoln Longwools and my favorite sheep next to Ewestace of course. Purl: I see you brought Purdy grain for breakfast again… Me: Why yes Purl I did. Purl: I see and why do I not get grain? Me: Well Purl you don’t need grain to be nice you’re just friendly all the time. Purdy however will become a feral…
I may look like an adult who is all grown up but in reality I might just be a little girl at heart whose dreams have come true. Growing up I asked for a horse again and again. At christmas I always joked when guessing what my presents were that it would be a pony. I dreamed of having a beautiful farm with a border collie and some sheep. Well I did get my farm, dog, sheep, and horses and…
We are in the home stretch of moving to the farm. All the animals are present and accounted for as well as settled in nicely to their new souroundings. There are still a couple things left to do before winter like getting all the hay for sheep and horses here and covered. We also have to arrange in the next month getting two of the meat lambs processed as well as the pig for winter meat for ourselves. I cannot…
We put the camera on Ewestace last night while Gus was working the sheep, she was such a good little sheep. She stood very still while I put the camera on her and didn’t seem to mind it at all. All the other sheep were very interested in Ewestace’s new accessories and here is that video. Stay tuned for videos from Ewestace of Gus working!
Purdy our guard llama has been here about a week now and I couldn’t be more pleased with her! She bonded very quickly with her sheep especially Ewestace, they all sleep together in the shelter at night even though I no longer shut them in. Every time I go down to give Purdy her breakfast or dinner she always comes right over to the fence as I am walking down to make sure it isn’t a threat to her sheep….
Yesterday we finished the first fence meaning ewestace and company could come home. I went to pick up the three ewes about five with Jeff’s truck. Amanda kindly caught all three ewes and got them into the back of the truck (ewestace started screaming her protests immediately upon being place in the truck). It was now time to drive home I made it out of the farms drive before I became overcome with fear ewestace would pop open the hatch…