It has been a super busy week here at the farm since I got back. Spring barn cleaning and shearing have begun. Wednesday I got the barn lot all cleaned and swept then set up the shearing stand and sheared Hatti and Beatrix. Spring fleeces are never as nice as those stunning fall fleeces but some of these are turning out very nice.
A volunteer from kirkwood was out yesterday and together we cleaned most of the main goat barn. We hauled load after load to the compost pile. While I sheared one of the goats she topped the compost pile with wet hay the flock had spilled on the ground.
I got back the new blend from the carder. It is stunning. I was so nervous about this one not at all sure it would turn out as I had planned but it did! Here are a couple of shots I took. It looks a bit more orange in the picture. In real life it does look like a garden blooming in pinks and yellows.
