Around the farm

I thought I would share some around the farm pictures.  It's not as pretty as i would sometimes like to be but it's ours. :) We do what we can with what we've got which often means a humble beginning.  Also I'm a farm girl at heart with very little landscaping skills.  LOL. Seriously, I work hard at making a garden grow instead of die.

 Some random flowers growing in a fenceline. I hope we don't kill them when we redo fencing. 

 This is a shot of my ram pen.  It's got 2 stalls reinforced with metal panels on the inside.  Many people do run rams together in the off season, however we decided to separate our 2 due to size & age.  Kenny,  pictured below before shearing, is only a yearling & going to be shown this year.  Niles, who will be pictured in a later post is a strapping older & bigger ram. They have already destroyed parts of the wood between them.  So while this seems small & closed, until we get something way more heavy duty, permanent, & separate; this is the safest pen for them.  Also we aren't sure that we are keeping more than 1 ram at least for now. Kenny will probably be for sale after showing. 

 Here's the start of a little shelter/pen for my yearling ewes.  We'll get them out of the big pen so the pregnant ewes can lamb soon. 

 And my garden.  Doesn't look like much right now, but early spring seeds are going in tomorrow! I love fresh lettuce & we are trying some organic heirloom varieties this year.  I prefer heirloom items to grow & try to grow as naturally as possible. We're also putting in snow peas, spinach, and trying kale.

In 2 or 3 more weeks we'll plant some green beans for canning and I'm going to try some northern & kidney beans for drying. Probably some sweet corn, watermelon, & pumpkin going in as well.