tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2819048519590916875.post1614989457449411514..comments2023-12-18T13:25:17.734-05:00Comments on Homestead Hill Farm: Small Measures of SuccessBarbarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03599739740886087571noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2819048519590916875.post-49467855890926123142013-06-13T16:42:13.691-04:002013-06-13T16:42:13.691-04:00Oh, that's funny! A lamb trained to the sound...Oh, that's funny! A lamb trained to the sound of the kitchen door! I can imagine it got a little annoying sometimes. It would be awful here...I'm in and out of the house a lot.<br />I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one to feel a little sorry to see a lamb go off to its "destiny". I don't usually feel sad when we take the lambs, or process chickens, but, I rather miss that one lamb. One thing dad taught us as children was not to get attached to the farm animals, but, then he never had a bottle lamb. <br />I hope I didn't make it sound like all the hay is ruined...it's not. But, there is a lot of hay that won't be the quality product that it usually is. I know a number of farmers who take great pride in their hay crop. My daughter helps her in-laws and she is quite proud of her brother-in-law for getting all his hay in before the rain. (particularly since she helped!)<br />Yes, the header is our farm. My husband is a talented photographer (among other things) and did a panorama of a part of the farm one spring. I liked it so much that I began using it for our blog and on Facebook. Thanks for the kind words.<br />Hope things are going well for you!Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03599739740886087571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2819048519590916875.post-74878523831268815902013-06-13T15:33:38.483-04:002013-06-13T15:33:38.483-04:00Interesting about your bottle fed lamb Barbara. ...Interesting about your bottle fed lamb Barbara. Last year one of our lambs began to struggle and finally we realised it had gone blind. I brought it into a pen and bottle fed it - every time I opened the kitchen door it thought I was coming with the bottle and it bawled its head off. It made a jolly good lamb too - trouble is I was so sorry to see it go!<br />The troubles we farms have with the weather - seems it is never right doesn't it. That hay crop sounds sad. Our first silage has gone well (forage) and our hay is coming on and should be ready in a few weeks. We only make one field of hay - really because the farmer has always made it.<br />I love your header - I presume it is your farm. It is nice to see where you live.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.com