I spent much of the last day and a half making my annual round of visits to shear small flocks of sheep for friends as well as trim the feet of the collection of animals each have: Donkeys, goats, a horse, and the sheep. It was four different stops and we tried to do it in a socially distancing way but that isn’t always easy when you’re in a small pen cornering and catching sheep or asking someone to “Hand me that shears”, or “Can you hold this sheep for a minute while I oil the clippers” or whatever. Each was taking socially distancing somewhat serious so we did our best and did get the animals taken care of.
Ann was working at home and was happy to comply when I asked her to check on our sheep and other animals while I was away yesterday. She called to ask if the sheep were all supposed to be running around the farm. Fortunately Cooper did her job in rounding them back up and getting them back in but not before they chomped on the couple hundred brassica seedlings I’d set out of the greenhouse to harden off getting them ready to transplant into the garden. They didn’t destroy them, but the numbers are a little diminished and it’ll be interesting to see how many that sustained serious prunings will come back. Ann also fed the orphan lamb who received extra cuddling because it is so soft and cute. Ann, in turn, was reminded that she should take allergy medication when she handles hairy and wooly animals too much.
I got back to serious fencing this afternoon and finished digging out and cemented 51 of the white posts into the ground. The line went on and on…. but good progress.
It’s probably too late to mention it, but along with the beautiful day today I hope you all noticed the big, bright orange full moon as it started rising this evening. It was the last “supermoon” of the year, which takes place when the moon is closest to the earth in orbit and on the opposite side of the earth from the sun. Gotta enjoy the simple things like that, Covid 19 or not. Looks like rain Friday evening so not much of a repeat lunar show tomorrow tonight.
First photo: The posts in the ground!
Second photo: This was taken last month after the post holes were augered. Each needed to be enlarged and some needed to be deepened, straightened, and have rocks removed. before the posts could be set.
