by Milkhouse | Aug 3, 2021 | Farm Notes
August focuses mostly harvest and maintenance. We will be dodging thunderstorms to get the last of the second cutting of hay done, and either sold or in the barn. It takes a good span of 3 dry days to cure the hay. This has been an unusual year as the smoke haze has...
by Milkhouse | Jul 2, 2021 | Farm Notes
July is usually a bit of a slower month on the farm and very weather dependent. The first cutting of hay is done. Second cutting will start around July 4. The hops are all strung, growing over the top wire, and starting to produce ‘burrs’ from which the hop cones...
by Milkhouse | Jun 1, 2021 | Farm Notes
June is about making hay. The first half of the first cutting is done and in the barn (or sold). This is a bit earlier than usual thanks to the wonderful dry weather we have had. Tom and Chuckie will be waiting on a good stretch of 4 dry days in order to get the rest...
by Milkhouse | May 3, 2021 | Farm Notes
Lambing time has come – and gone! We have 18 lambs, all healthy and bouncing. We ended up with one set of triplets, and one single lamb (who was huge at 14 pounds!). Everyone else had twins. The only one we seriously had to help was the last one with the huge lamb. We...
by Milkhouse | Apr 1, 2021 | Farm Notes
Waiting and waiting….. for lambs. The first possible due date was March 26 but to date we have no lambs yet. Just some very pregnant ewes that are ready to pop any minute. Stay tuned. After a bit of much needed rain and some warm sunny weather the greening has begun....
by Milkhouse | Mar 25, 2021 | Farm Notes
Let the lambing begin! March 26 is our first possible due date for lambs so there is a lot of preparation to be done. All of the pregnant ewes (female sheep) are up and getting a special diet that is higher in protein as most of the lamb’s development occurs in the...
