Cabbages

Our beautiful cabbages are now part of the Cafe menu - they're tender and sweet and are averaging 4# right now. We also have beet greens and 4 varieties of lettuces. This row of beets was planted about 3 weeks ago.

Ewe 422

Here is a picture of old ewe 422 and her ewe lamb from this spring. She also has a ram lamb that isn't in this picture. Ewe 422 has given us twins for the past 3 years, all ewes with the exception of this year. According to my records we've kept them all -- #17, 18,14 and more. The lambs this year were sired by a white Dorper as we transition to hair sheep and we plan to keep the ewe lambs from the cross so it's nice to see the good size on this ewe lamb who was born in May. Actually, one of the 8 week old lambs went to market yesterday, he was that big. I'll report back on how he dressed out and what the milk/pasture lamb is like.

I would think it would be very tender and mild but then again there won't be much fat marble in the meat so we'll see!! I worked Jet and Trouble on the sheep this morning, two very different working styles with these dogs which makes for a steep learning curve for me! They're both good dogs with ability so are always fun to train with and great companions as well.



Spot and Red went away yesterday as well leaving the pig yard quiet and me with a heck of a lot of milk this morning. Chevre is ripening as I write.

Here is the south side of the pig yard - the hollyhocks are in full bloom and I'm sure to think of Red and Spot whenever I walk past.