Equinox sunrise
beaming south of Sheep Mountain—
Winter is coming.
Monthly Archives: September 2022
Heifers on the Move
semi at the chute
It’s time to move the heifers to fall pasture at the Home Ranch. We still have lots of green grass, although the leaves are showing some yellow.
guiding the truck in
Eamon and dogs at the ready
in the corral
headed for green grass
Moving Camp to Battle Creek
sheep in the Aspens above Battle Creek
Summer is slipping away for our sheep grazing in the National Forests. We haven’t had rain lately, so the vegetation is drying up. We have been blessed with a rainy summer so there’s feed on the ground. The ewes are getting restless as the sunshine days grow shorter and the nights get colder. We had our first frost this morning and soon the leaves will change the color of the hillsides. A few eager trees are already throwing out some yellow. We move the sheep camps every few days to fresh feed. Today we moved Edgar’s camp from Aspen Alley to the Battle Creek Campground.
Maeve and Sharon with the newly moved camp.
Edgar and Sharon
Ladder Ranch
