Too Busy Fill in the blank in your own way: I’m so busy and so tired that _______. I’ve got a great one, and it’s not even farming related. It’s just life. First, a little background. I found myself having to write two books this winter (long story, will post to other blog eventually,) so […]
Llama Spit and Other Images Before I leave for my annual weeklong writing retreat, I thought I’d take the opportunity to share some images from this last week as I did chores. Also, since the Farmer is very busy with an 8-week short-term job with Uncle Sam and won’t have time to read this blog, […]
I Make The List I just learned that some guy in Gouverneur, NY made a list of 30 outstanding farm blogs for the Gouverneur Times. Hey. That’s cool. Here’s what he had to say: “She writes, she farms, and writes about farming everything that goes wrong and some things that go right. This blogger is […]
Ahh, Winter We have a nice layer of ice over everything, and more ice is coming this weekend. A coating of ice on the snow and trees is lovely. It sparkles in the sun. A coating of ice on the ground where one walks is not so lovely. I did chores this afternoon, so over […]
Snow, Bad Sheep, and the Loch Ness Llama This winter we set up a long row of six big round bales, surrounded them with feeder panels, and let the sheep and llamas have at it. It’s close enough to the house that I can look out the dining room window and see everything, which I […]
Treat Yourself to Yarn! I hope everyone had a great holiday. If you didn’t get what you wanted for Christmas, here’s your chance. Rising Moon Farm now has yarn for sale. So here’s the yarn’s story: The sheep were sheared during a lovely late March party. It’s cold here, so if you’re going to be […]
I’m a Yarn Tease So we raise sheep. We shear the sheep. Our shearer Drew says, “This wool ain’t worth much.” We like Drew. We believe Drew. Drew knows a great deal about sheep and wool. But our dear friend Drew isn’t a spinner or a knitter (at least not that we know of), so […]
Dental Day on Rising Moon Farm We have three llamas, hard-working guys that protect our flock from coyotes and any curious humans. We sheared Chachi, Zipper and Tucker last year, so they look better, (Thanks, Annie), but they still had ‘issues.’ We didn’t realize it, but llamas need to have their teeth trimmed. Yowza. What […]
A Big Day for Two Professional Shepherds For weeks all I’ve been focused on was preparing for the fundraising event that would bring Garrison Keillor to our little town last Sunday, October 11. Finally the day arrived and boyohboy was I anxious about how this show would work. Melissa and I had the task of […]
Hardly a Farm in Sight We had a marvelous trip to the North Shore of Lake Superior, where we met two faithful blog-readers, Chicken Mama and Mama Pea. Not only are they DELIGHTFUL women, but their spouses are great, and we enjoyed meeting all four of them. As a blogger I should have snapped many […]