….or should that be “couches on the lam”?
Either way it’s been a busy and somewhat surreal week. As daily life here on the farm goes on as usual - gathering eggs, feeding pigs, etc - we are also so very aware that life is anything but normal for the vast majority of you, and for people all over the world as COVID-19 induced lockdowns, and social distancing is taking effect on families, businesses and our global community. We listen to the news and hear from family and friends who are sheltering at home and can only imagine how much stress and uncertainty is being faced by so many. We can only hope that our efforts for “flattening the curve” pay off and we see the other side of this, having come through it knowing we all did our part. Although our lives as farmers are already, and deliberately, focused “at home”, we hope that you are finding ways to stay busy and productive in whatever way you can during this period of uncertainty.
As it is, this part of our farm year, is nothing short of crazy at the best of times. We are gearing up for summer and planning grazing rotations, planning fencing construction, coping with the seasonal increase in egg production, and are also knee-deep in lambing. So far, all lambs have arrived unassisted, and at a respectable time of day (of course, now we’ll get a complication at 3AM, in the snow). We have had one ewe mortality following birthing but the lamb is healthy and currently trying to win the affection of a surrogate Mom. We are about halfway through, and our lamb field is already a buzz with lamb races and over-protective ewes.
Keep yourselves, your neighbors and friends healthy,
Gillies, Alexis and Isla
