Labor day!
Monday, September 5, 2016 Happy Labor Day! Day of work or day of rest? We’ll do a little of both here. There are no weekends in farming, but we can take it easy a bit too. I’m still bottle feeding little Grenada … Continued
Sept 3, 2016
Saturday, September 3, 2016 A predicted high of 73° sounds just about right for today. Yaya’s Yarn Barn will be open today from 2 – 4 for our local fiber friends who we missed seeing at the Great Basin Fiber Fair. (our walking paths will be open for … Continued
Boys and sticks
Friday, September 2, 2016 It rained! We had rain overnight which is the first rain we’ve had in many weeks. I woke up to check and all the new babies walked into the barn with their moms to stay dry. Good babies, and where would I be without my … Continued
Welcome September!
Thursday, September 1, 2016 Welcome September! It will be a busy month here as we prepare for our Fall Open Barn Days, but also a delightful time of year. We’ll have cooler weather, colorful mountains, and happy animals ready to leave behind the … Continued
Aug 31, 2016
Wednesday, August 31, 2016 Chief and Charlotte are recovering nicely and it was sweet to have a quiet night! I wonder if things will be quiet enough today for me to finish spinning the yarn I started last week? Yaya’s Yarn Barn need to be … Continued
A prickly visitor
Tuesday, August 30, 2016 At first light yesterday morning, I saw why the Pyrs had been barking. It was a porcupine! Chief had Charlotte had quills all over their faces. 🙁 (Abby was happy to sit this one out, lucky girl) It seems that Mondays … Continued
No uninvited guests allowed!
Monday, August 29, 2016 Well, I don’t know what it was, but something tried to get near the barn last night and Chief wouldn’t allow it. I woke up to lots of barking at 3:00 a.m. and could see Chief at work removing an … Continued
Let’s call it done!
Sunday, August 28, 2016 Mercedes finally delivered a tiny baby girl yesterday, so the birthing season is officially over at Blue Moon! The new baby is doing great and her owners happened to pull in the driveway a few seconds after she was born! They … Continued
Fleeces and kittens
Friday, August 26, 2016 Ed is delivering a car load of fleeces to our favorite mill in Salt Lake City today to be washed and carded and eventually we’ll have some fabulous new yarn and roving back. We usually just do only 3 fleeces … Continued
A chill in the air :)
Thursday, August 25, 2016 Well, we watched Mercedes baby kicking yesterday and posted an eviction notice. We shall see. 😉 It’s a bit chilly today (34° as I type) but we have little baby coats ready if he/she arrives today and doesn’t get warmed … Continued
A tail light baby?
Wednesday, August 24, 2016 The high today will be around 75°, I think I’ll take advantage of that perfect weather and attempt to finish skirting the 2016 fleeces. I am almost finished so it should be easy. The bounty at the Farmer’s Market is irresistible this … Continued
Soap making – what’s your favorite?
Monday, August 22, 2016 I made a batch of alpaca spice soap a few weeks ago, and it’s more than half sold before it even made to the store! Guess I’ll need to make another batch of that one. This week will be a soap … Continued
Sunday Aug 21
Sunday, August 21, 2016 The weather is perfect for being outside today, so I’ll probably work on more fleeces under my big shade tree. I saw the bag of General Patton’s fleece in the stack I need to skirt and I just wasn’t ready to open it yet. Maybe … Continued