This will be a pretty short update given the winding downs of the season. The sheep are off the field until spring now. The most prominent reason is the lack of rainfall. We’ve entered into a moderate drought and given La Nina, will likely remain so for a couple months…
This post is going to serve as a reference post, for us and hopefully you the reader. Climate change has shown that many areas are going to experience changes in their regional weather pattern. Large parts of the US at the time of this writing are in drought, especially the…
Rain, rain, and more rain The defining weather of April was at the end, when the region got lots of rain in the span of a week. We recorded about 5.5 inches of rain on our property. However, since we’re at the bottom of the street, we also suffered from…
Winter Comes Again Don’t have to say much about what happened in February, but we were part of those who lost power. We lost power for about 3 days, but were fortunate that our water never shut off. Just when we thought we were in the clear, a pipe broke….
Lambing Time Begins The last month started out with our first newborn lamb, but also sadly she passed away. Her mother gave birth to her just as the 5 inches of snow fell on Abilene, and the following two days were extremely cold. The baby and mom seemed fine, the…
October was a busy month, and November will still have some work to do! Overall it was a good month to catch up and clean up the garden. We still have a feral pig roaming around the properties. So our long-term goal of a slightly-sturdier fence was undertaken. We expanded…
October begins, a full month into fall! Things are slowing down, the days are getting shorter, the temperatures falling across the board. Even with that many things have been happening on farm. We received a little over 5 inches of rain in September, about twice the monthly average. It filled…
The summer temperatures are leaving us and fall is coming (I hope!). The sheep spent the brief heatwave at the end of August in shade but are happy to be out again! This week they’ve been in a far section of the field, which is still covered from some spring…