Holy Moly - I haven't posted since Monday!!!
Been busy I guess, and not on my computer hardly either.
Lots of little stuff getting done around here. More work on the ranch road - which is now finished (until next year), got "stuff" relocated from various areas to a spot on the ranch, it's all pretty much organized and freed up a trailer that had palettes, and the main driveway at the house finally is 100% clear!
The weather has been pretty good. Cold mornngs (high 30s low 40s) and comfy afternoons - high 50s low 60s. We've had some wind - but nothing like other areas. Though when it blows it's cold - coming from the NE.
I'm out grazing again - as usual, and now well after a year STILL loving it. I'm also realizing that truly - and I knew this all along - my dog is the fence for
rotational grazing of sorts. We are always in different areas - whichever is tastiest to the sheep - and it
does change every day. In my mind I ~want to see the sheep all spread way apart and eating. But it's never happened,
no matter how far off the dog is. That is life. They eat an area until either
they or the
dog decides an area
needs a break. I've know this since the beginning of this .... if their heads are down and they are eating
everything is as it should be. I ~think~ I'm the only one here doing it this way so I gather my info mostly on my own little epiphanies while I'm out there. They also mostly like grazing going UPHILL rather than down.
There is SO much going on, and being out there with them, watching, taking time, I learn so much.
This week - only one time to deal with the coyotes - two this morning - together. They seemed to be just passing through - rather than checking out of. Gave them some persuasion to get outa' Dodge fast. They did, and one with an "extra spurt of energy".
Got my seeds in the mail - time to plant. Already got some in, need to run to the mushroom farm and grab some of their "gold" to add to the other beds by the kitchen.
Strawberry season is upon us - that means it's time for jams -- next week or the week after I hope to put some up.
Peas (remember way back I had the mesh trash cans over them?) are now going great guns - yummmy. Avocados are almost at the beginning of the season.
Chickens started laying today --- two green eggs - yay.
Life is Good.
Can I eat this????
Going out for breakfast...
This restaurant will work. (large and small arenas in the background).
The greens on the ridge are tasty.
Ya' know - these yellow flowers are tasty too.
Most of the grazing today was on both north and south slopes and a bit of the ridge.
I've been pulling up the wild cucumber. Last year I pulled A LOT - so far this year it
isn't as much. Hopefully I made a little dent with last year's effort. I know they grow from
a giant tuber - but I'm still hoping the tubers didn't get "fed" enough last year.
Time will tell, the battle continues.
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) and went about drenching. It was pretty easy, not a drop of drench spilled and all got their dose. 
I'm sure you all do the same - but my little moment of brillance was to measure out a little more than I'd need and put it in a yogurt container (obviously no yogurt and clean).Load the drench gun, snap the lid back on, set it on a board outside of the little pen, dose a sheep, repeat. I thought about marking sheep as I did them - heck that would be too easy right???! So I started with saying a name or sort of name (i.e. trial guy), fat tail, etc and just kept adding a name to the string of names. Good practice for short term memory exercise 
