by Milkhouse | Jun 5, 2023 | Farm Notes
June is about making hay. The first half of the first cutting is done and, in the barn, (or sold). This is a bit earlier than usual thanks to the wonderful dry weather we have had. Tom and Chuckie will be waiting on a good stretch of 4 dry days to get the rest of the...
by Kim Roberts | May 1, 2023 | Farm Notes
Stillpoint Farm Notes Lambing time has come – and gone! We had 23 lambs, all white ones. They are now bouncing and racing around, playing on the creek bank and having lamb races. We ended up with one single, one set of triplets, and the rest twins. All without any...
by Milkhouse | Apr 4, 2023 | Farm Notes
Well, sheep don’t always read the book and as of this writing we have 3 new lambs born March 28 (about 5 days earlier than expected). All 3 seem fine and have been outside already. They spend the first 2-3 days in a small pen called a jug. This gives them a chance to...
by Milkhouse | Mar 2, 2023 | Farm Notes
March is a time of preparation on the farm – although the unusually warm weather is pushing some of this ahead this year. Our lambs are due to start arriving April 4 so things get “back – mapped” from there. We start with stripping the sheep barn and getting it set up...
by Milkhouse | Feb 13, 2023 | Farm Notes
lot of our production in anticipation of spring and starting a new cycle all over again. During this month we will finish processing our lambs and steers for the year, begin preparations for the spring maple syrup flow and lambing, and get fleeces out to be processed....
by Milkhouse | Jan 9, 2023 | Farm Notes
We will greet the new year with a review of the past and planning for the future, as well as other routine tasks. While we continue to get hay to the animals and be sure water tubs aren’t frozen the animal care slows down – unless we get extremely nasty...
