Spring has Sprung

May is probably the busiest month on the farm. Our first group of ewes finished lambing last month, and they are grazing under solar panels up in Geneva. The second group is in the barn now. They'll move back out onto pasture when they finish lambing.

Calving season has started, which means frequent checks of the cow herd. Most of the cows are quite capable of delivering their calves without any assistance, but sometimes a heifer needs help delivering her first calf. We keep the heifers close to the corral where we can keep an eye on them and it is easy to catch and assist anyone that is having a difficult calving.

All of our fields are in perennial grass and clover, so spring fieldwork is minimal on our farm. We did spread some seed, a pasture mix, on the areas that got a bit torn up by cows over the winter. Hopefully the wet weather this week will help get the seed off to a good start.

Thanks for reading,

Leith, Mary Kate, Norah & Edith MacKenzie