Every year after we finish cutting hay on our best hay field, we haul in a group of sheep to graze the field in October and November. The pasture on those twenty acres usually grows quite well in the fall and can keep sixty ewes happy and well-fed for sixty to seventy days.  While the ewes are grazing the hay field, we introduce a ram to breed the flock for a lambing season that will start in the middle of March. Feeding ewes an extra nutritious diet a few weeks prior to bree

I hope you are all enjoying the warm, dry weather this fall! Unfortunately, it has not been good for grass growth. In fact, we are...

I hope everyone is enjoying this dry sunny weather! We are enjoying it here, but the grass wishes for more rain. Since early summer, the...

I hope everyone has been staying cool with these warm temperatures. The animals don't love the hot weather but we make sure they have...

After a slow start to the spring we were glad to finish our first hay cutting last month. As soon as we finish making hay, we spread 1 to...

Last week we were busy making some of our first-cutting hay, and we still have one field left to do. We need several sunny days in a row...

May is probably the busiest month on the farm. Our first group of ewes finished lambing last month, and they are grazing under solar...

If you drive around upstate New York this time of year, you're likely to see crop farmers spreading large volumes of liquid dairy manure,...

I imagine everyone is enjoying the sunshine like we are, and the animals are too. A group of ewes is due to start lambing on Friday, and...

We like the cold on the farm but days like today are a bit much. When it's windy like this we move the animals to a sheltered place on...

I hope everyone is enjoying the cold weather as much as we are. Snowy frozen ground is clean! The lambs born last spring get some shelter...

The last month has been great for the sheep flock. With little snow, they are still out grazing our stockpiled pastures. One group spent...