From the monthly archives:

May 2007

Granny/Square, With a Twist

May 10, 2007

I’ve wondered for much of my life why I have to be so careful to correctly tie a square knot rather than a granny when it seems that others get them right effortlessly. I have the same trouble with some other kinds of knots ,too. Sometime over the weekend, I had a rush of brains [...]

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Farming is Hard

May 8, 2007

It’s really hard, right now. We lost a llama yesterday, so suddenly that I can hardly believe it happened. It’s hard to even write about it, but I guess I want to document it in case someone else has something similar happen. On Saturday, Vinnie had a lamb, the first one in the pen with [...]

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Bee Status

May 5, 2007

We did the three week check on the new bees today. We suited all the way up this time, and needed to use the smoker on all of the hives. We added syrup to three of the top-feeders. One of them didn’t need it. All hives look healthy and fairly happy. All the hives had [...]

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Smitten again

May 2, 2007

I spent an hour or so with Prince and Pearl yesterday, just to give them a good brush. It was hard to take a better picture, because they were so clingy and happy to see me. I was amazed that they recognized my voice and were so needy, poor things. I want a magic wand [...]

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Minxy Delivers

May 1, 2007

That’s my girl, giving me my first two ewe lambs of the season. Perfect! My favorite and most tame sheep gives me girls, yay! She’ll show them the ropes, and keeping them tame won’t be hard at all. Way to go, Minxy! She had them both cleaned off and claimed, great for a first time [...]

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