Green grass!!! I mentioned in a previous post that I have been keeping the ewes off the grass so that it can grow and be available for when they really need it – towards the end of gestation. I am so happy with the results…
Of course, I have to give a big shout out to Mother Nature – Thank you! The weather has been perfect for growing grass. A couple days have almost felt like spring, that is until you look at the trees and see that they are naked. This is what the pastures looked like 4 weeks ago!
We had an unusual dry and long summer this year. In the past I have just left the sheep on the pastures and there has been nothing left come December/January. I really hope this helps with the feed costs this winter.
Stories from the Farm 
Maybe this is where the term”green with envy” comes from . I am green with envy of your green grass ! Your beautiful , lush, green grass. Ahhhh, I guess I’ll just have to be content with hay. So will my sheep.
I won’t be showing my sheep any pictures of your grass and what they are missing out on, because I don’t want them to know the grass really is greener on the other side of the fence, or state line. Kathy Burnson
It is beautiful. Don’t you wish we could keep beautiful green grass growning constantly like that all year round. It sure would keep the feed bill down and it just looks pretty. I love the look of a spring pasture with just a couple of trees in it as I’m sure the sheep do.
wow that is awesome Shannon! Congrats on your growth! 😀 Yep, I’m green with envy too… We aren’t quite to that point of being ABLE to keep the animals off the pasture… Still have a lot of cross fencing to do. We do have green grasses, it’s just nubbins right now but with the downsizing of our equines, I’m hoping for a little thicker crop come spring. 😉