A Sad Farewell
We lost Oso today. He was a really special dog and took such good care of his sheep. Like Big Otis, he was unsocialized to humans,
Go To Your Room…and stay there until you can behave yourselves…
Last Tuesday was the end of breeding. We leave the rams in with the ewes for just three weeks
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Goodbye to three dear friends
Last week, in the midst of the horrible fires up in Sonoma and Napa counties, we had our own little sadness here at the ranch, as we said goodbye to three of our dear old friends
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Shearing Day
Today was shearing day at the ranch. We sheared everyone, from the old retired ewes to this year’s ewe lambs…
New Chickens!
We had a dreadful heat wave over Labor Day weekend–the hottest days ever recorded in Marshall. Saturday the temperature reached 108
Gordy in Montana
Back in 2009 we got a new guardian puppy, who we called “Gordy” for Guardian. Unlike our other dogs, Gordy was socialized to human attention, and he had a difficult time adjusting to life here at the ranch…
Out to Pasture
It was a beautiful day yesterday, and we decided all the lambs are old enough for everyone to move outside for good. The young lambs and their mothers joined the older lambs who were already outside with their mothers in the Hilltop pasture, and the “single mothers”–mothers of singles, who we are milking every morning
Last Cheese Wrap
Today Melinda and I wrapped all the remaining Baserri. Eighteen wheels for my loyal retail customers, ten wheels for Jackson Family Wines, who have been using our cheese in their tasting program for years, and 23 wheels for Tomales Bay Foods. Such loyal customers, who have been such important partners in my business. Sigh. It
RUB A DUB DUB…
…two lambs in a tub. Lolo spotted this and insisted I take a picture. Blue Streak’s two white boys.
Last Lambs
Our last lambs of the season were born on Tuesday, March 21st! Cousin, the last ewe, was looking like she was in the early stages of labor all day on Monday, but she didn’t progress. I checked the barn camera every hour from midnight onward, and she was up and down a lot but not