Blogs about: Farm Chores

My milking adventure

blackramfarm wrote 8 years ago: So here is the 300.00 bottle that was broken by the cow thanks to me leaving the parlor door open e … more »

Tags: Sheep, Pondering, vermont, milking, Dairy

Trying to avoid chore time burnout 10 comments

matronofhusbandry wrote 3 weeks ago: Chores on the farm can seem never ending.  Trying to decide where to take shortcuts involves many f … more »

Tags: Agriculture, cattle, farm as desired, farm dogs, farm life, pastured poultry, rotational grazing, sustainability, zero mile foodshed

Wood for the winter

blackramfarm wrote 3 weeks ago: Bub got a wood splitter for Father’s day. For the past two wood seasons, he split all our fir … more »

Tags: vermont, heating with wood, Off the grid, splitting fire wood, sheep farm, making pasture, sustainable heating, Fuel Oil, cost of heating

Found a snapping turtle with the sheep.

blackramfarm wrote 1 month ago: Our day started off with horrible heat and humidity. The sheep and I discovered a huge snapping tur … more »

Tags: Sheep, Pondering, vermont, writing, Ducks, snapping turtles, Snoring

mowing the lawn

blackramfarm wrote 2 months ago: Saturday is the day to mow the lawn. The sound of mowers is in the air and everyone else’s l … more »

Tags: Sheep, vermont, mowing, Llamas

Sorry, no pictures

blackramfarm wrote 2 months ago: A couple of weeks ago I didn’t close the sliding door to the milk parlor all the way.  I shou … more »

Tags: Pondering, vermont, maple sugar, Sugarbush, farming, chores

treats

blackramfarm wrote 2 months ago: Today is the first day with the sheep in the pasture across the road. We let the sheep roam around … more »

Tags: Sheep, vermont, mérinos, treats, spring

Adopt a Sheep

blackramfarm wrote 2 months ago: After doing some searching around we have decided to see if folks would want to adopt a sheep this … more »

Tags: Sheep, Pondering, vermont, mérinos, Adopt a sheep, cute sheep

Docked, rams quarters and more spring clean up

blackramfarm wrote 2 months ago: Yesterday Bub and I tried to head out to look at tractors and ATVs. He was paged 7 times. Yard wor … more »

Tags: Sheep, vermont, black ram farm, Lambs, Lumber, Partners, mulesing, Add new tag

Mazie had her lamb1 comment

blackramfarm wrote 2 months ago: This past winter I sold Mazie. It was difficult because she was a favorite. OK, you all know about … more »

Tags: Sheep, vermont, black ram farm, Lambs, Black sheep, mérinos

Lovely Day

blackramfarm wrote 3 months ago: Daughter called at 6:30 am. Just because she wanted to say hi. Husband brought coffee to me while I … more »

Tags: Sheep, kids, vermont, black ram farm

Mud Season2 comments

blackramfarm wrote 3 months ago: The sheep are so happy to have more of the Christmas tree to munch. We pitched the tree off the de … more »

Tags: Sheep, Faith, Mud, vermont


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