Archive for 'Reviews'
Posted: July 6th, 2007 by
Lisa
One of the last things I did before heading out on mare and foal watch was to visit several farms and farm stands, in search of locally grown vegetables and cheeses. I did fairly well, though the tomatoes are barely out even though it is the 4th of July. This is my first attempt at
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Posted under Books, Food.
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Posted: June 23rd, 2007 by
Frank
Last night we put the sheep in an electronet paddock with the idea of moving them when Lisa’s cheese class is done. They stayed there until 11 this morning. Then the fence went down and they came out. I got everyone back in and topped up all the critter’s water. By the time I finished
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Posted under Chickens, Ewes, Farm Life, Fencing, Icelandic, Reviews, Sawmill, Sheep, electronet.
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Posted: June 17th, 2007 by
Frank
I took a quick look at the bees today, just to make sure everything is doing OK. In three out of four cases it is. First, the executive summary: Wooden frames with real wax foundation totally rule over plastic. This is a pain, because it costs about a dime more to buy the parts for
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Posted under Honey Bees, Reviews.
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Posted: May 10th, 2007 by
Frank
I’ve wondered for much of my life why I have to be so careful to correctly tie a square knot rather than a granny when it seems that others get them right effortlessly. I have the same trouble with some other kinds of knots ,too. Sometime over the weekend, I had a rush of brains
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Posted under Blackflies, Farm Life, Honey Bees, Mosquito Magnet, Mosquitos, Reviews, mega-catch.
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Posted: April 30th, 2007 by
Lisa
Kaytla, the ewe who had triplets, one still born, looks like she is developing mastitis. I noticed that one teat was twice the size of the other, and that both lambs were nursing on the other side. I asked on the ISBONA list to make sure I should intervene, and milked her out by hand
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Posted under Chicken Coop, Chickens, Ewes, Farm Life, Horse Housing, Horses, Lambs, Pasture, Rain, Reviews, Truck, mastitis, mega-catch.
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Posted: April 11th, 2007 by
Lisa
I’m a bit tired of this prolonged winter. The snow was almost gone when we got this recent coldsnap and accompanying snow. The puppy loves it, of course, and I should be used to it, but we have so much to do that needs good weather that I’m getting frustrated. My to-do list just
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Posted under Bjarki, Chickens, Farm Life, Garden Shed, Gardenporn, Greenhouse, Hatching, Horses, Reviews, Sheep, Sheep Sheds, Snow, Window Boxes, Yoda.
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Posted: February 13th, 2007 by
Lisa
I made my second skein of llama yarn yesterday, and this time it just flew. I’m spinning it finer, I think, as I get better. It is definitely more consistent. I did up two bobbins full without a single break in the yarn, and I think I’ve got the hang of the long draw now.
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Posted under Compost, Farm Life, Llama, Plying, Reviews, Sheep, Spinning.
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Posted: February 2nd, 2007 by
Frank
The hay feeders have been a big success. In normal winter weather (say low of 8°F, high of 18°F), we’ve pretty well stabilized at two bales a day. Miguel’s crew clean out their feeder every day with the extra to Leon and Buster, and the other two pens each eat one in two days. This
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Posted under Farm Life, Hay, Reviews, Tech Stuff.
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Posted: January 4th, 2007 by
Frank
We bought one of those temporary ‘tent” garage things from Farmtek to store hay in. This was pretty much an act of desperation because we weren’t here to do anything else. We finally got it assembled today and a hay drop is scheduled for Sunday. In our particular circumstances I have to give it a
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Posted under Building, Hay, Hay Hoop House, Jeremy, Reviews.
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Posted: December 31st, 2006 by
Lisa
Living with Sheep Everything You Need to Know to Raise Your Own Flock by Chuck Wooster Photographs by Geoff Hansen I just got this book, by Chuck Wooster, and thought I’d mention that I think it will be very good for beginning shepherds, including those that choose Icelandic sheep to raise. For one thing, he too has a heritage breed (Navajo-Churro), so the advice isn’t all about domesticated breeds. I probably liked the book a bit more than normal because he’s in Vermont, fairly close to me in NH, so his examples make a lot of sense to me. It’s a very practical book, written with a lot of common sense, and I wish I’d read it two years ago. It’s a basic book, but a good one. Very good for someone considering getting a flock.
Posted under Books, Reviews.
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