This morning was a scary moment for me. I was ran down by a cow. Cows are the number 1 cause of injuries and the number 2 cause of death for farmers right after tractors. After this morning I believe it. Fortunately for me, it was our 6 month old Highland calf who ran me ... READ the POST
Winter is Coming-8 Tips for preparing your farm for winter
This past storm that blew into the desert may have come and gone, but we can be sure another one is coming with even colder temperatures. It’s easy for us desert rats to forget how harsh the winters here are after the extreme heat and sunshine of the summer. Sure it’s not a Vermont winter, but it ... READ the POST
How to Shear a Sheep
Nobody shears sheep in the High Desert where we live. Well at least nobody I could find. And the summer’s are excruciating so when I first got sheep, they HAD to be sheared. I decided, like so many other things, that I could just do it myself. Well, let me tell you, shearing sheep is NOT easy, ... READ the POST
Handling the Summer Heat
Heat Coping Strategies For You and Your Animals Yikes! It’s 85 degrees at 7:00am and it’s not even officially summer yet. There are many things I like about living in the desert, but summer is not on the list. It wasn’t so bad back when I spent my days inside an air conditioned home, but ... READ the POST
Basics of Incubating eggs
As soon as the weather begins to warm, chickens across the world begin to think of hatching eggs and raising baby chicks. But they’re not the only ones. Spring also begins humans thinking about hatching eggs and raising baby chicks. Of course the way we do it isn’t nearly as natural and our ... READ the POST
Who turned the thermostat to hell?
Yes, the past week has been hellish temperatures. Sunday hit a high of 115 degrees of drenching, sweaty humidity and it has only slightly come down since then. Fortunately this misery is very uncommon. Last summer we only had a handful of days above 100 degrees and only slightly above 100. While ... READ the POST