It's been a while but we're back! Hear about how the summer has progressed, fire scares, kidding results, our CSA and special projects in this supersized episode.
Jones has been showing his daughter how to move the sheep down to the lower pasture and back. Frog is doing great but needs to learn to pace herself, she's wiped out. #bordercollies #sheepdogs...A podcast about starting a small homestead live
Rounding up the herd last night we noticed this little ewe with her right eye closed. We caught her and had a look and found a foxtail stuck deep in it just inside the upper eyelid. We were able to...A podcast about starting a small homestead
Dylan wondered why his bicycle was making so much noise this morning walking it up from the bathhouse. #constantvigilance #bikeridefromhell A podcast about starting a small homestead livestock ranch from scratch.
Here's a little surprise we got a couple days ago. Jellybean was bred around Christmas but deemed open after an early pregnancy check. She didn't really show but sure enough on day 145 she...A podcast about starting a small homestead livestoc
We took advantage of this unusually cool May day to process about 40 meat birds and a dozen free-range roosters. The freezer is full again! #growyourown #farmlife #yardbird A podcast about starting a small homestead livestock ranch from s
Betsy Ross dropped two precious girls this morning to officially end our Spring 2017 kidding season. What a great way to finish! #mininubian #dairygoats #youvegottobekidding A podcast about starting a small homestead livestock ranch from
Dressed up the old cowboy hat with some local fauna I've been curing in a jar since last summer. #crafting #ranchlife A podcast about starting a small homestead livestock ranch from scratch.
Filed under "stuff that goes on beneath the barn". #californiagophersnake #nature #ranchlife A podcast about starting a small homestead livestock ranch from scratch.
Pip has had a pregnancy related condition for the last few weeks where she has been unable to get up on her feet. The vet said it wouldn't improve until she kidded so the interns have been trying to...A podcast about starting a small homestea
Our intern, Dylan is ready to check bees this morning. #farmfashion #honeybees A podcast about starting a small homestead livestock ranch from scratch.
I looked out the office window this afternoon and saw a tiny white dot among the bigger white dots and it ended up being a new addition to the herd. #stcroixsheep #lambingseason A podcast about starting a small homestead livestock ranch f
This week we talk about where we have been and what has happened in our absence. Then we do a whole discussion on interns!A podcast about starting a small homestead livestock ranch from scratch.
We said goodbye to Primo and Bandit today. They landed jobs at a northern California commercial sheep operation so will have a dream life of living amongst hundreds of ewes and lambs. Our hearts are...A podcast about starting a small homestea
Well it was insanely expensive but Rizzo's snake bite treatment has her looking almost normal already. If we can make it through the blood clotting concerns and the necrosis, she should be ok....A podcast about starting a small homestead live
Finally just had quads. Though one was stillborn, she welcomes 2 healthy girls and a boy to the ranch. A podcast about starting a small homestead livestock ranch from scratch.
Our second season olallieberries and boysenberries are looking great! #freshfruit #backyardorchard A podcast about starting a small homestead livestock ranch from scratch.
Damn out already and it's not even April yet. Nearly ruined my weekend. #comeonman #ranchlife A podcast about starting a small homestead livestock ranch from scratch.
Pappy Boyington gave us a surprise last lamb of the season yesterday! #lambingseason A podcast about starting a small homestead livestock ranch from scratch.
Our little vet barn got a facelift and a white picket fence this week. #ranchlife A podcast about starting a small homestead livestock ranch from scratch.
The landscape crew is working on the driveway today. All 39 of them. #stcroixsheep A podcast about starting a small homestead livestock ranch from scratch.