News and stuffWe went and choose a new Alpaca yesterday. He's not with us yet as we'll wait until he's been 'nutted' before we collect him to make sure we don't get our hearts broken again. His name is "Bobby' as he has white socks on his forelegs. As a fleece producer he's not perfect but will still do a fine job as the sheep guardian.
We'll have to start looking for a new ram soon also to ensure a new batch of lambs in the spring.
We ate a leg of (March) lamb last night and it was a fine meal.
Linda has harvested the last of the tomatoes and boiled them to use later in spaghetti. For all the trouble you don't get that many feeds of them.
We've still some potatoes to harvest still and the beans are producing well. Linda collected three double handfuls on Friday so they've been blanched and put away for the future.
Ericsonn got out on Friday as well and trying to herd chickens is challenging. Certainly can't do it by yourself. A neighbor suggested waiting till dusk and when he'd perched he'd be easier to catch. Trouble was we couldn't find him then. So he spent the night out and we were glad to hear him crowing the next morning. When we herded him to the path to the chicken run he recognised where he was and ran back to the others :)
Lady will return this week. We tagged her with her NLIS tag on Wednesday and then tried to bring her home, but she didn't want to leave the other cows so this coming week she'll be put in a truck and brought home that way.
The kittens and T.K. are getting along O.K. which is a plus since they'll all want to be inside once it starts getting cooler.
