He’s here! Amram the hair sheep. And we are terribly pleased with him. He is gorgeous. We found him by accident back in November when we went to the auction to buy some rabbits. Those who read this space regularly will remember that Brittan struck a deal for him with his owner without ever laying [...]
Posts Tagged ‘sheep’
Amram
Posted in Livestock, tagged Katahdin Sheep, sheep on January 15, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Bah, Bah, Brown Sheep!
Posted in Livestock, tagged sheep on July 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
The long hot summer is sure taking its toll. You already know about the trials and tribulations of our vegetable patch, but even the sheep have been affected. Our beautiful white sheep are currently reddish brown like Georgia clay. Our pasture is underdeveloped and will only sustain a small number of animals at this time. [...]
Jail Break!
Posted in Livestock, tagged farming mistakes and foibles, livestock, sheep on July 6, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Murphy’s law; it’s immutable and it’s universal. It struck the burb last weekend. While our garden has suffered indescribable devastation this season, things have gone quite well out on the farm. Sure, we lost a couple chickens, but that’s to be expected. On the whole, the Buff Orpingtons have performed well in their pasture pen. [...]
Accidents, Disasters and Expensive Mistakes, AKA Just Another day in the life of a Micro Farmer
Posted in Family Life, Livestock, vegetable gardening, tagged farming, gardening mistakes, seed planting, sheep, vegetable gardening on June 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Call them learning opportunities, errors in judgment, user error or just plain bad luck. But we’ve had one heck of a spring. I hardly know where to begin. If you’ve followed this space, you are no doubt aware of some of our trials, but for the sake of the drive bys, let’s review. We decided [...]
Introducing………..Sheep!
Posted in Livestock, tagged sheep on May 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Welcome Howard and Vestal, the newest residents at East of Eden. They are East Friesian dairy sheep we picked up yesterday from down in Swainsboro, GA. It was a long, hot drive (90 degrees) in a pickup truck with no air conditioning. The worst part was Atlanta rush hour traffic on the way home. Not [...]
