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Hay Season

7/10/2019

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Even though winter seems so far away right now, it's time to start prepping for those chillier days! As my flock has grown, our need for hay has also grown. Thankfully, we have a great neighbor just a mile down the road that is able to bale all the hay we need for the year. It is just a basic grass hay with a little bit of clover and it provides adequate nutrition for the sheep. He delivers the wagons right to the farm and with some help from friends, we get the bales unloaded and into the mow. With two people unloading bales onto the elevator and two people stacking up in the mow, the process goes pretty quickly. Despite all the rain this spring, July has brought beautiful baling weather! We got 10 wagons unloaded in 4 evenings over the past couple weeks. Thankfully, it wasn't too hot until the last night! 

This year, we put almost 1,000 bales up in the mow. We can now sit back and enjoy the rest of the summer knowing that the sheep will be well fed this winter.
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4/6/2020 03:44:32 am

There are many seasons that we can experience, especially that we are in America. The people in this place are kind and this is a reminder that this place is cool because we can always have that moment where we can play with the snow or leaves as well. Let us look forward to it because I know that will going to be a memory that we will treasure for the rest of our lives. Let us make a reminder for that,

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    Emmaline Long, main owner of Orchard View Farm, has a passion for Lincoln sheep and loves educating others about her breed and farm, She currently serves as the Vice President of the National Lincoln Breeders Association.
     
    Emmaline has a passion for all things agriculture & currently works a "real job" as an agronomist for a large crop farm in western NY.

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