Voices From the Farm – More About Pastures and One More Crisis

After the traumatic episode of the bloated sheep we began penning them in the barnyard overnight, and in the morning we gave them a good feed of hay before turning them back into the alfalfa pasture. We did not leave them in the alfalfa too long at each grazing session.

Voices From the Farm: Greener Pastures?

For some time I had been considering how to improve my pastures, and where to start. The native grass pastures had been adequate up to now, but the sheep flock was growing and the pastures were not producing much growth after the first spring flush.

Voices From the Farm: And Then Came Spring!

Late March, 1973 – It was indeed a long winter, and before I was ready for it, along came spring. It was icy, and I was lambing on crutches, so safe to say, it was not one of my happier lambing seasons!