Spring House Run Farm

We are a small operation. So at this point we had to use two rams to breed the ewes old enough to breed. Sven was the handful at first....

Like many farmers we need more rain! We didn't get anywhere near enough rain this summer. This resulted in a poor hay crop since the...

While I was running the Little Shepherd to Preschool Bill discovered twins. The ram lamb was fine but the ewe lamb wasn't doing as well....

It takes a few more hands to get things done some days. Last week was no exception when we had to build some pens for lambing. It...

Why Plan E? Plan E is a reminder that we made an EFFORT. After the other plans didn't quite work out. Some of what we wanted to happen...

We have been lambing and are about halfway through the ewes due this winter. This means we have been getting up during the night or...

Forget January and February in the calendar. We should just call these two months Muduary. We have been living with mud more than...

Winter has returned to Western PA. We were sliding in mud a week ago and are now waiting for another snowstorm to come through our area....

Instead of sliding in snow or on ice we are sliding in mud. I wiped out twice tonight taking care of the animals. Lambing is underway...