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Melissa Watenpaugh
Jun 18, 20244 min read
It's Been a Minute
Let's get up to date on the happenings here at the farm. A lot has happened around here. I really need to get in the habit of updating...
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Melissa Watenpaugh
Apr 25, 20241 min read
Lambing 2024 Complete
Whew! We made it! We survived! We SUCCEEDED! All our ewe's twinned, only one needed any help, and we wound up with 10 girls, 2 boys! What...
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Melissa Watenpaugh
Mar 31, 20241 min read
We're Lambing!!!!
Lambing is going pretty well so far. Our first ewe lambed twins a couple of weeks ago. She needed help. First lamb was stuck, and the...
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Melissa Watenpaugh
Feb 28, 20241 min read
Lambing time is coming....
My girls look like they're about to explode! And we still have two weeks-ish to go! Poor things are so uncomfortable! Check out these...
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Melissa Watenpaugh
Feb 14, 20241 min read
It's February and we have a second baby!
Meet Caprica! She comes to us from SuAve Katahdin's (our favorite breeder 😃) Her mom had triplets and couldn't feed them all, so she's...
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Melissa Watenpaugh
Jan 6, 20241 min read
Big News!
We have our first bottle baby of the year! It's a boy! He's a cute ram from SuAve Katahdin's, born early morning on Friday the 6th, whose...
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Melissa Watenpaugh
Jan 1, 20242 min read
Happy New Year!!!
I'm sitting here watching it lightly snow outside and thinking about all my 2024 goals and plans for the farm. I have so many dreams for...
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Melissa Watenpaugh
Dec 9, 20231 min read
December on the farm
December is a quiet month on the farm. There's not much that can or needs to be done because the ground is frozen or wet, the grass isn't...
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Melissa Watenpaugh
Nov 11, 20232 min read
November is here
It's November and it's getting colder around here. The leaves are almost all off the trees now and my chickens are molting. We sold all...
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Melissa Watenpaugh
Oct 1, 20231 min read
Fall is here
Well, it's cooling off. Finally. My tomatoes aren't happy, but my sheep sure are! I've been busy since my last post: We celebrated...
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Melissa Watenpaugh
Sep 11, 20231 min read
Testing, Testing...is this thing on?
Trying out this blog post thing. I've never blogged before, so here it goes... First, this is a day for remembering a truly horrible day...
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Melissa Watenpaugh
Sep 9, 20231 min read
Welcome to "Behind the Barn Door"
This is where I discuss what it's like to run a farm on a daily basis. The ups and the downs... I'm Melissa Watenpaugh, one of the "Four...
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