Wolfemomma - Our Homestead Journey

Just getting caught up on your journal. Great looking pasture! True pasture envy .
Glad to hear you are going into medical coding (ICD-10 codes are fun!). A great thing about coding is you can get a gig about anyplace in the US as most coders are remote.

Definitely keep him away from the internet, or he'll be looking up pictures of other rams and get an inferiority complex.

RollingAcres said:

He is handsome! What's his name?
Fall is here, the leaves are starting to change colors. The weather is crisp cool, I love it!

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Thanks! His name is Valor.
Yes fall has arrived here too, the past couple mornings it has been around 45 degrees when i wake up in the morning. Now if only I could get the black flies to go away. As soon as it warms up to around 55-60 they make their way out.

HomeOnTheRange said:

Just getting caught up on your journal. Great looking pasture! True pasture envy .
Glad to hear you are going into medical coding (ICD-10 codes are fun!). A great thing about coding is you can get a gig about anyplace in the US as most coders are remote.

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Yes that was one of the reasons why I picked it. It would enable us to move should we want to. And I can hopefully stay home and run the farm, get the kids from the bus ect.
Our pasture is very much a work in progress. The first year we moved here it was horrible and over grown. We put cattle on it the next year and they kept it grazed down. This year we seeded it with some clover and Kentucky blue grass. Its been great this year, the only thing is I dont have enough sheep to keep it grazed down. we dont have the cows anymore ( their in the freezer) Next spring we will be getting another 2 cows. Its the perfect amount to keep our small pasture healthy.

My hubby made some amazing peach jam the other day with the peaches from our tree. So delicious!
The sheep are getting all fluffy, should be fun to clean... I'll admit I have been slacking on trying them and letting them stand each day. but honestly....standing out there for 20+ minutes with the black flies attacking me isn't fun for me or them. I hope you are all having a good day, and a wonderful weekend.

Why are they so cute roaming around in their coats
Decided to give them all a bath yesterday since it was the warmest day. We leave for Massachusetts to show on Wednesday.
Cant believe how fast our ram is growing. He is already as tall if not taller then
our yearling ewes and he is 7 months old. We are so happy with him.

They are cute in their pretty blue coats!

I think those coats need the Farm logo on them! Nice looking.

HomeOnTheRange said:

I think those coats need the Farm logo on them! Nice looking.

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yes agreed! I need to find someone who can embroider!

Well, I just got back from the big E. What a great experience! so many sheep! Our ram didn't place nearly what I thought he would have placed, but thats ok. We shall see how his yearling year goes. Our white yearling ewe did Way better then I thought she would have done. She was in the top 5, the judge said he loved her long back and couldn't have her placed any lower. All in all, it was a great learning experience, me and hubby got some really good advice and learned the direction we need to go in our breeding program, and how to get there. Now to just find some good brood ewes ...seems like this is going to be one of our hardest tasks. Traveling was pretty good, not a fan of the 5 hour drive, but it was uneventful, which is good. Now im back home busting my butt trying to get my homework for this week done . A little stressed because I have so much to do, trying to just take it in stride while drinking alot of coffee