Sheep Spring Farm, Toston MT

As I have already mentioned neighbors are great. With the help of our neighbor, Gracie, our milk cow, was artificially inseminated last week. It will be awhile before we know if it took. Also, we purchased two holstein calves from a local dairy, we need something to do with all the excess milk. Currently I have been working on building some garden beds for this summer, I might as well take advantage of this unseasonably warm weather. With any luck I will be done with the beds by the end of the month.

We have deamed January planning month.  By the first of February not only will the tasks of 2012 be identified but also timelines/deadlines will be established.   It is also a goal to have a rough five year plan for the farm planned in the same timeline.  I am happy to say that we are one step closer to getting our milk cow pregnant.    Neighbors are wonderful.  Neighbors with the proper tools, know how, and willingness to help get my milk cow AI-ed is even better.

Happy new year.  To sumerize 2011 you could say we built a house.  In the process we let our pasture and flock management slip a bit, as well as the webpage.  Other than potatoes our garden was a failure.  On a bright note we bought a milk cow.  I have also re-evaluated the purpose of this webpage/blog, I would like to treat it as an online journal for my own uses and to provide transparency for our customers as well as anyone else who might be interested.