I Should Have Stayed in Bed
Now that Melissa’s headaches are better (Yeah, surgery!), she’s been able to get a fulltime job for the first time in many, many years. She’s locating underground utility lines, and loves it, even though she’s clawing her way up the steep learning curve, and there are days when we both wish she were home during […]
I’m Trying not to Laugh
A few posts ago I described my Calf Moment, when I fed them, then let them out to play, and couldn’t get them back in the barn without difficulty, especially Little #2, who slipped through the gate into the east pasture. Well, let me just say that Melissa had her own Calf Moment, and it […]
Rest in Fleece
Wool is as green a fiber as it gets (a point I make in Sheepish,) but here’s an idea that tops them all: wool coffins. The British have been finding ways to increase wool sales for four hundred years, so they’re very good at it! http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,2056346,00.html
Revised Website Now Live!
After much hard work on the part of my Website Goddess, JC, my website has had a facelift. There are still a few issues (where’d all my Facebook people go?) but they’re minor.If you’re a teacher or librarian, take note of the teaching tool in the right column that uses The Perfect Nest.If you have […]
A New Look to Farm Tales
Soon (either this post or the next one)Farm Tales will have a new look. We call it the ‘cool tissue paper’ design. The blog’s new design more closely matches my website, and, in fact, the blog entries will now be available in the center column of my website. Once JC the Web Goddess gets everything […]
Idiots R Us
So the sun’s out for the first time in days. The calves have been locked up in the barn for 10 days. After I feed them, I let them into the barn to run around. But then I get a great idea. Why not let them outside? There’s a huge pen where they can run […]
Orange Sheep?
Luckily we don’t have a problem with people stealing our sheep, but should this problem ever arise, a guy in England has figured out the solution: dye your sheep orange.The guy, John Heard, has lost 200 sheep to theft, so he “put his 250 blackface ewes through a harmless dye to make them stand out […]
Calf Inflation!
So it’s spring, which means it’s time to buy more calves. Last year’s babies are now 600 pounds, and will be 900 or so pounds in the fall. We love having steers around. Has the price of beef in the store been going up? If not, it’s headed that way. Last year we paid $35 […]
Donkey Saves Sheep
I don’t usually post links, but I might start because there are some fun stories out there. Here’s a donkey named Dotty who won an animal bravery award in the UK for coming to aid of her friend, Stanley the sheep.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-12970506 Too bad they don’t have these awards in the U.S! We could nominate our […]