by Dick | Nov 14, 2019 | Farm, Fiber Projects, Sheep, Whitefish Bay Farm |
The seasons have changed very rapidly at the farm in the last week or so. We had most of the leaves fall from the trees around the house and just managed to get them raked up and out of the way before winter descended upon us with a vengeance. Like many areas of the...
by Dick | Oct 16, 2019 | Farm, Fiber Projects, Fleeces & Wool, What's New |
If you live in northeast Wisconsin I do not need to tell you that September and October have been exceedingly wet. For those of you who live elsewhere I will hopefully describe what has been going on here. In the 47 days since the 26th of August at the farm we have...
by Dick | Aug 27, 2019 | What's New |
We experienced a warm and wet July at the farm. August looked to be more of the same. But after the first week, the temperature and humidity went up and the rainfall stopped. We truly began to feel that we were experiencing a serious change in the weather which we...
by Dick | Jul 16, 2019 | Farm, Sheep, What's New, Whitefish Bay Farm |
A month ago I wrote that we were experiencing a super abundance of rain. At that time it was impossible to even consider cutting and baling hay, despite the fact that the hay was ready. The ground was too wet to be rolling heavy machinery across it. The frequency of...
by Dick | Jun 15, 2019 | Farm, What's New |
Like much of the Midwest we are experiencing large amounts of rain this spring. Coupled with the earlier heavy snow melt, our streams have been running high much longer than normal and much of our ground is saturated. In Door County we are at least lucky enough to not...
