by admin | Mar 8, 2017 | Brambleberry Farms, Events
Our flock of Scottish Blackface sheep has been shorn. We always used to shear after lambing was done, but it’s actually better to have clean-shaven ewes during lambing season — especially when you have hairy sheep like Scottish Blackface. The ewes are...
by admin | Sep 8, 2016 | Brambleberry Farms, Events
The three dozen chicks we got back in May are now chickens. Recently they had their first taste of the outdoors when we cleaned their coop. The birds were reluctant to leave the coop; we were forced to carry most of them out, but once they were in the barnyard they...
by admin | Aug 9, 2016 | Attractions, Brambleberry Farms, Events
We have two new residents on Brambleberry Farms! Welcome Henrietta and Jennifer, two Minature Mediterranean Donkeys. The jennets (or jennies, both refer to female donkeys) were acquired from our local veterinarians and farmers Carlos Gonzalez and Jill Kramer. We...
by admin | Jul 28, 2016 | Attractions, Brambleberry Farms
The lambs all been weaned with the exception of one young ram who is still drinking from the bottle. Most of our 2016 lambs have been sold and the ones that remain will be added to our flock or direct-marketed this fall. We had about 30 lambs born this spring.
by admin | May 27, 2016 | Attractions, Brambleberry Farms
There’s a lot of garden work going on at Brambleberry this spring. We are moving our vegetable garden to a new location. Our former garden was on low-lying land prone to late and early frosts. So we picked up a spot above the equipment shed where we had the pigs...
by admin | May 16, 2016 | Brambleberry Farms
Wisconsin springs are hard on gardeners and farmers. May 15 the overnight low in Jackson County dipped to 19 degrees. We registered 28 degrees at 6 a.m. but that reading was from a thermometer on our porch, so it was probably in the mid-20s on the ground. We covered...
