pregnant ewes | Meridian Jacobs' Blog

Oxalis, also known as sour grass, wood sorrel and other names. It is considered a weed, but the flowers give a dye. Before Dan took the mower to these growing in the front yarn I picked flowers.

Dan started to fill in the low spot behind the barn.

First he re-stacked the compost pile and then moved dirt and ash from the burn pile that has accumulated over years.

Four rams posing. Left to right: Sterling and Griffin, both yearlings; Horatio and Blizzard, older.

We’re getting close to lambing. This is Tranquility and Eileen, due in the next ten days.

Roca

Trista, also due in the next 10 days.

Zoe is a 2024 lamb and is not pregnant, but I included here because I just skirted her fleece and saw something interesting. The locks below are from her fleece.

I have seen one other ewe’s fleece this year with a similar change in fleece color occurring part way through the year. I’m not sure of the cause.

Wool sorted and ready for the mill. I have more to finish before I can deliver this.

Photographing a naturally dyed Year to Remember blanket.

This is probably the kind of photo you expect to see when people are sharing pictures of sheep. But it’s the other end that I’m watching to try and figure out who is next to lamb. The ewe facing me is Sandie due 2/15 (tomorrow). I took lots of photos earlier to bring back the Lambing Game for Farm Club. That’s where I share photos of sheep (mostly rear ends) and Farm Club members can choose the next to lamb. There may be a prize or the prize may just be bragging rights. But I kept taking photos and either not being able to positively identify the sheep from the wrong end, or that sheep lambed before I had a chance to post photos.