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It has been a pretty day today other than this morning we had some freezing fog. We used to get it in Antarctica but I have never seen it here.

Hate to see you lose a good animal. I don't allow cats on the counter either. If I catch one up there they get a flying lesson.

Teresa did call USDA and made an appointment for early January so we will find out if it's worth the effort. We didn't expect much when we applied for a grant when we put the roof over the handling area and the state wound up covering over a third of the cost. They don't cover any lambs that...

We made a Kroger run this morning and like always, we got more than needed but we did get $35 off in coupons. One thing good about Kroger is you get weekly coupons in the mail that are based on your buying history plus like this week, there was a coupon for $18 off if you spend $170 or more...

I really don't know and even the Extension Agent wasn't sure but it grows all winter. I am supplementing with feed now though but they do look good.

Jan, I did broadcast some rye in several paddocks that is taking pretty good but we have a cool season native grass that usually holds its own in several of our paddocks. I still haven't brought in any hay and the way it looks now, I won't need to for another month or more. As long as we don't...

It looks like all of the weather is finished with us but we did get almost 2" of slow rain so it all sunk in instead of running off. We also didn't get the wind that was forecast and it seems that most of that was north around Nashville and above.

But I will never let that time that he got me get completely out of my ram training. :)

We have had a few quiet days but the weather has been beautiful. We are heading into our normal cold season that should start in the next few days. Right now we have a weather front over us that is giving us a little rain with some thunder storms through the night so hopefully we can get...

I have a bagger on my riding mower and pick up most of the leaves that fall over grass and put them on the raised garden beds. Even in winter, the earth worms thrive in the beds.

There was a lot less water that needed to be hauled today since we had some rain but still not nearly as much rain as we need. I saw on the weather yesterday that we are over 8 inches behind the normal for this year. We are having a hard time figuring out the lambing schedule since the ewes...

We prefer a standing rib roast. :)

Of course I wasn't there when they got him but the farm that we got Ringo from said that he was completely tame when he got there. I never did anything to make him comfortable but he was loving literally from the day we got him here. This is a great place to input my favorite picture again. :)

It definitely does look familiar. :)

We are going to bring Oshi and his harem in either tomorrow or Saturday to check weights. He has lost some weight and we want to pull another fecal to see where he is. I'm going to start giving a little feed to both of the groups to supplement their grass feed since what I'm cutting for them...

Maisy and Mel are always waiting by the gate when it gets to be their feeding time. For the last week, Oshi has been waiting there with them since he has gotten used to me breaking some small branches with leaves off of the Bradford Pear tree there and of course the never ending animal...

We went over to Fayetteville this morning for a First Aid and CPR refresher since it had been many years since either of us had a class and fortunately, have had no reason to practice for real. We did stop and had a nice lunch.

I made a pot of gumbo for dinner tonight. The okra I used was from 2022 which reminds me to say that if you are freezing food from the garden, a must have is a vacuum sealer. We had a porter house steak a few days ago that was put in the freezer in December of 2022 and it was about as good as...

We went to the oriental restaurant today that I mentioned earlier. They are doing a gangbuster business and have been since the first day. All of our neighbors have been there and love it and while we were there today, their phone was ringing nonstop. Our little town is literally 5 blocks...

We bought our handling equipment even before we had the fences done and have always been happy that we did. Each section of our chute holds three adults perfectly and the sheep have been doing it so often that all I have to do is open the gate. :)