After 4 years of thinking about it, Nora finally
forced me to make a decision and take action.
We’re getting sheep.
I placed my order with Adirondack Storage Barns (they
also built our gazebo and garage) for a 12’ x 30’ stable (with one 10’x12’
stall and one 20’ x 12’ stall) last week. It will
have a 10’ x 30’ covered “run-in” in the front for shade and wind protection. The stable should be ready by the beginning
of June.
On Saturday, Jim and I took a trip down the road to Norfolk and picked up 42
cedar posts from a local seller. Despite
his 81 years and portable oxygen tank, when I asked if he had anyway of
delivering the posts (they weren’t going to fit in the back of the Lexus), he
said “if you load ‘em in my truck, I’ll deliver ‘em.” Which he did, at 15 miles an hour with a very
patient Jim in the passenger seat. But
we now have our stack of posts sitting in the pasture waiting for installation
later this week. The plan is to run a
line of new fencing down the middle of the pasture, effectively dividing the
existing pasture in half; the half closest to the house is now dedicated to
fruit trees, berries and vegetable gardens, and the far side will house the
sheep.
This morning I sent a deposit out to a farm in central New York , the Olde Homestead, that breeds
registered Old English Miniature Southdowns (called “Baby Dolls”). I’m buying 2 white ewes from her. They will be ready to travel in early June,
which works out perfectly with the timing on the shelter. They are not the best
fiber sheep (traditionally, they were raised for meat), but they are some of
the cutest – and everyone knows looks are more important than function.
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