From Lambing to Grazing
Spring arrives with a flurry of new life at Blooming Joy Farm. As the snow melts and the pastures begin to blush green, we find
Spring arrives with a flurry of new life at Blooming Joy Farm. As the snow melts and the pastures begin to blush green, we find
Lambing season is a time of both joy and responsibility on the farm.
Lambing season is one of the most exciting and exhausting times of the year for a shepherdess. No matter how many years you’ve been at
Preparing….. As fall approaches, we are busy stacking hay and getting ready for the upcoming breeding season. For our northern climate, we’ve found that feeding
I thought lambing was done the end of April. We had a great lambing season, with mostly twins and one set of triples. There were two ewes that didn’t lamb, but I knew I was pushing my ram with the number of ewes I had this year, so I was not completely surprised. In June Copper was starting to look quite round. Was she finding all the prime grazing spots on our place…?