Howling at the full moon along with the coyotes is a favorite “pass the time”
with my big boy doggies, it gives me shivers and chills to hear their very big deep voices carry on with their long distance “cousins”. We do not hear the wild ones very frequently any more due to having these big fellas act as watch dogs, but at certain times of the year the siren song of their wild ancestors is just too much for them to resist. And , while I usually just have to step outside of the house for them to stop carrying on, the vocalizing, howling and barking is intriguing , I am very very grateful for them to keep watch over my flock of pretty much goofy sheep.
We have had two more ewe lambs born this past week, tiny little girls . Their moms have had them roaming all over the 30 acres of fenced in pasture, tagging along behind, it is a marvel that those little legs can keep up with the flock, but they do… every night just before dark and again first thing in the morning, I do a head count to make sure that everyone has made it through the night. We have had 25 lambs born this year, no bottle babies (yay), and all are healthy and growing very quickly!
So for this week , I do have a very limited supply of asparagus, it did not make it on our food list, but if you would like some, let me know and I will try to supply!
Fiddleheads, Ramps, rhubarb, all probably next week if the temps stay above freezing!
Herb seedlings , annuals , and vegetable seedlings will be ready soon… I will send out a list of those too this year….
Thankyou all again and again for supporting local farmers and local foods… I appreciate you all more than words can say!
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