Pasture and Fear

The grass ripened for grazing this week, and the sheep went on grass on Friday.  I have been watching them every moment since then.  I have been so anxious about putting the ewes and lambs out on pasture, which makes little since as we are a pasture-based farm focused on rotational grazing! I worried thatContinue reading “Pasture and Fear”

Thoughts While Mowing

I spent about 6 hours mowing the fields this weekend.  It was past time to cut down the woody overgrowth and encourage new, more palatable growth for the flock.  Jim and I attached the bush hog to his little 18hp tractor and off I went…like a herd of turtles.  18hp is just enough to powerContinue reading “Thoughts While Mowing”