Showing posts with label snow. Show all posts
Showing posts with label snow. Show all posts

Friday, February 22, 2019

New Puppy at Wild Rose Farm!

New Puppy Jake - First Look at Sheep!
We got a new puppy this winter, right in the middle of the polar vortex … yikes! It's not fun being a puppy and going through housebreaking in such cold weather and snow.  Casey, our 14 year old black standard poodle passed away in November. We weren't really thinking about getting a new pup until the spring. Surprisingly, a bit of searching turned up a nice litter of red standard poodle puppies that would be available in late January. I talked to Jen, the breeder, and we were set to get a new male puppy!
Walking Jake on the Ground Past the Sheep
 These pictures were taken on Valentine's Day & I forgot to download them, lol.  They show a nice healthy curiosity from little Jake towards the ewes after a brief introduction … 
Jake & Ewe Checking Each Other Out! 
We'll have to make a little journey into the barn to see the lambs and llama Snow White one of these days!

Monday, February 13, 2017

Brown & White

Glenda Shows Off The New Fence & Gate
Brown & white ... that's the color scheme for the season. Dreary brown when it gets unseasonably warm, followed by blasts of snowy white as we go in and out of single digit temps!  Here's brown & white Glenda next to the new interior fence line. Notice the brown and white of the Loafing Shed in the background and our neighbor's white vinyl rail fence on the other side of the road.
Descending From the Goat Mahal!
We passed our neighborhood goats on the way back to look at the water tank. Always curious, they tromp down from the Goat Mahal to meet us at the fence line. They've been clearing the brush for the last year or two & not much has escaped them!
The Brown & White Goat Is The Smaller One ...
 The new replacement water tank is making water just fine ... note the deck hanger hardware holding the boards in place. The idea is that we can move the divider if we have to work on the tank and the electric high tensile wire can also be separated over the tank if need be ...
New H2O Tank
A few days later, we went back to several inches of snow and a mini whiteout while we were hauling hay over to the ewes behind the Loafing Shed. We're using the tractor now since the ground is too soft for our skid steer with the tire chains. Tire chains on the tractor are a different story though!
Back To White - It's Snowing Again!
It got back up to almost 60 degrees and here's a different look at brown & white ... snowdrops flowering on February 5th ... easily a month early around here.  I took this picture after we did some pruning on our apple & pear trees.  I discovered them blooming while patrolling the front yard with the loping pruners looking for winter damage ... oh my.
Snow Drops on February 5th
We'll see what happens next. Didn't the groundhog say we'll have 6 more weeks of winter?!?

Saturday, February 14, 2015

Anybody Out There?

Wild Rose Farm - Whiteout @ 1:39 PM Today!
For all we know, the sheep are trailing down to the water tank, but you couldn't prove it from this picture! The current temperature is 22 degrees F & dropping.  It's looked like this several times today and we've gotten a couple of inches of new snow.
In other news, the applications are flowing in from the vendors for the 2015 Waynesburg Sheep & Fiber Fest.  As the Craft Show Chairman, it's great to see the long time vendors coming back and new vendors sending their pictures in with their application.  A new vendor application came in today - she wrote about her fiber and felted offerings and mentioned that her "fairies have a following"!   It puts a smile on your face on a cold winter day ...   Is the 3rd weekend in May far away now?  ;~)
Wild Rose Farm - Glad to Have Indoor Plumbing!
You can't even see the barn from the porch ...

Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Snow ... finally.

Has it really been a month since our last post ?!?   With holidays, travel, & projects, it must have been!    We finally got some snow that amounted to something more than a dusting and some single digit temperatures to go with it.   The sheep do what they always do ... paw away the snow and keep grazing. 
For some reason, blogger won't upload pics now, so our dear readers will have to use your imagination ...  :~(
Wild Rose Farm Ewes Grazing - Pawing & Plowing!