Last Thursday, our Babydoll Southdown ram arrived on the farm. We bought him from Hillgrove Southdown Stud. They were delivering some ewes to a nearby farm, and dropped him off at the same time. This suited us perfectly. We got to avoid stressful trailer driving and it gave us a week to make sure the […]
Author Archives: Rachael Koch
25
Sep
Sep
Our first animals have arrived on the farm! Lydia and Kitty (named after the precocious younger sisters in Pride and Prejudice) are Finn sheep. We brought them back from Bullengarook in a trailer I borrowed from my grandparents. It was an adventure! We tied a tarp over the trailer to help shelter them from the […]
08
Sep
Sep
As you all, know, we still aren’t living on our farm. We’re getting close, and hope to move in by the end of September. But in the meantime, we have been sticking to research rather than hands on farming. Having said that, it’s still been a frustrating experience. I was hoping for some guidance in […]