Sleepy G Blog

• Sheep Shearing
  May 10, 2012

  Tomorrow will be exactly 1 month from the birth of our first lamb this spring.  And with only 1 more ewe left to lamb, it is fair to say that lambing season is now over for 2012.  It was a fast and furious season, with about 75 percent of the the lambs born within a [...]

• No room at the Inn
  April 23, 2012

  We are just past the halfway point in our lambing season, and lately the farm has been action-packed.  So far things have gone really well and almost every ewe has had twins, and only a couple of ewes have had difficult births.   We have been spending the majority of our days working in the [...]

• Jump start
  April 14, 2012

  So far this spring is reminiscent of spring 2010 when we were breaking records by tilling and planting in the 3rd week of April.  Despite the recent dry and warm weather, I remain cautiously optimistic about actually getting any crops in the ground too early.  It is after all, only the middle of April.  There [...]

• Yoke building
  March 23, 2012

  I’m a big advocate of the practicality of using draft animal power on a small farm, and in particular using oxen instead of horses.  My bias stems mainly from the simple fact that I like bovines more than equines, just like some folks like dogs more than cats. Having said that, there is one undeniable [...]

• Ready, set, sprout!
  March 11, 2012

  Just when it was starting to feel like winter, it suddenly now feels like spring!  There is no question that the winter time is our chance to take it easy and recuperate after a very busy growing season, but there is always much to do on the farm to prepare for the next growing season. [...]