Spring. Finally.
And the mud that goes with it. Just a quick post here, something nice to share: We're still very much in the experimental stage with sheep; but so far; I'm really liking the Icelandics. This is Flora, and the first two lambs of the year, one girl, one boy. And yes- this is all the cover they had; all winter; and all the cover they have for lambing. Icelandics actually do poorly inside. I did tie a tarp up into the pines yesterday, to shed rain, in case they cared- so far; they've sniffed it, stuck their heads under; but nobody is interested in getting out of the rain. The lambs were - just there, up and dry and walking (wobbly) on Friday morning; they're about 36 hours old in these photos. One of the things telling me they're healthy- they're bedded in the shade, even though there's sun available. All this tangly wood is Scotch Pine; selections from the day when we grew Christmas trees here. We've been thinning them all winter- and the she...