Losing Our Shirts, Keeping The Farm

I just realized: This blog is one year old now! Looking back, I can't believe all the stuff that has happened in just one short year. ...

Back in November, you may recall that I posted an entry about National Novel Writing Month . I had intended to participate, and even posted...

On July 15, the Icelandic sheep community lost a great friend and mentor. Susan Briggs of Tongue River Farm passed away from leukemia, whi...

I think my little sick lamb, Ultra, is on the mend. She is still so very thin, I don't know how she has survived this long. But she is...

It's been a busy week. This time of year, July and August, are the hardest for the sheep because of the heat and the parasites, so it...

As if I don't have enough worries trying to keep this farm going, recently a few of my sheep started developing abscesses that looked su...

The hard part of raising livestock is that sometimes they become, well, dead stock. You do what you can, of course, to keep them all health...

After my fun weekend with my gal-pals was over, it was time to worm and vaccinate all the sheep, and to wean the lambs. With the help of Ke...

So, this weekend when my friends were here, we tasted the Cherry Cordial I made recently. Since I posted the recipe here on the blog, I tho...

Because I'm not going to have a vacation this year---time and money just won't permit---I arranged to have a Girls Weekend here on t...