June 28, 2012: Summer on the Farm

Jade and Bandit (one of orphan lambs)

 The last couple weeks have been busy on the farm.  Amanda took a much needed break while Daniel helped me to get the hay bales stacked and covered for winter.   When Amanda returned they both went to “Grazing School” offered by the local Soil and Water Conservation District to learn about good grazing practices including best nutritional grasses which will help us give the best possible nutrition to the 19 sheep and 4 steers currently chomping away in the fields.

Saturday at 10 am Amanda and I will be at the Athens Farm Market finally with a few items including: radishes, green onions, beets, two kinds of garlic, eggs, apples (for applesauce) and more flower and vegetable plants to sell.

We are currently awaiting three new guinea fowl to add to our poultry collection of 36 Arucana Chicks  and five Maran laying hens.  

The sheep seem to be doing well with their new home.  The cows are now being helped with their normal summer issue of fly swarming in the most organic method we can find…Diatomaceous Earth.

We are now looking at new plans for the grazing pastures and also finishing up planning for the up and coming Barn Re-Model.

Hope to see you at the Market.

Lambs on the farm

In early April on Judy's first day of vacation Amanda (our farm Manager) adopted a pair of twin orphaned  
lambs.  Bottle feeding them around the clock and hauling them back and forth across the county for weeks she finally agreed to leave them at the farm in the field with our Pyrenees Jade.

This week she somehow got Judy to agree to purchase the rest of the flock.  We are now proud owners
of 19 sheep, including a ram.  With 10 lambs and plans to find a butcher this fall.  Lamb recipes are now being collected.