Long Ridge Farm received February's "Farm of the Month" from Hannah Grimes !I wish I could link to the article however the recognition comes out only in an email newsletter. Suffice to say our farm is showcased and proud!Hannah Grimes Center is a successful venue for...
And now it is Memphis' birthday. Get a cup of coffee, glass of wine or what have you and enjoy the story. Memphis is the queen of our flock and has been the great teacher of all things sheepish. Memphis is the face of our farm logo. She is the absolutely most feminine...
Snow is setting in today. Maybe 10 plus inches for us which is just great. Sidney is in heaven! Here waiting for me while I did the sheep and hen chores this morning.And then we took a walk and he ran and ran and ran. He just loves the snow which is good thing because...
And today we celebrate Daphne's 6th birthday! I have a feeling I will be saying this more than not as I go through all the birthdays and describe each sheep....Daphne is just so sweet and mellow. She is not a stand-out sheep for personality....very low key. But if...
So here is Bea this morning. I just gave her some cubes of alfalfa and she loves me! Don't you just LOVE her name? I will never be one of those hard core shepherds who never name their sheep, just ear tag numbers. I would never want so many I couldn't distingish each...
We have a flurry of birthdays in the barn this week beginning with Crystal's today.She is now 8 years old and I can't believe where the time has gone! She was one of the first ewes we purchased, a twin, stemming from a flock in Washington. She traveled across country...
Many moons ago and I mean MANY moons, we owned two beautiful Oxford ewes pictured below. They were our first sheep that we bought in 2000. I was soooo excited and boy did we spoil these girls. Pearl (left) was named after my maternal grandmother and Viola (right) for...
Today Jack and I enjoyed a local snowmobile ride....one we have done many, many times and we never tire of it. We trailered to a dairy farm in Westmoreland, Windyhurst Farm, where we began the ride. It is without a doubt one of the prettiest farms in the state and has...
Just a bit chilly this morning but the sun was bright and strong so it felt reasonably good for a winter's day!I got home from work early and we took a snowmobile ride into Keene (25 miles). The trails are splendid! After 2 feet of snow, an ice storm, more snow and...
The cold?Sidney and I braved a walk across the fields this morning at zero degrees with a wind chill factor of 25 below. Almost froze the water in my eyes!This is the railroad bed on a snowmobile trip we took this past Sunday....water frozen in suspension and an ice...
