OUR DRY HAY IS FLOODED! Vlog 335
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- čas přidán 12. 08. 2020
- I swear... when it comes to hay, I feel cursed.
Broken discbine, plugged wagons, tipping bales...
and of course...
THE WEATHER.
Someone tell me hay stresses them out too??
Thankfully, there's not too much time to pout as I have more lambs to weigh and ship this week.
We need to start making room for our June lambs that need weaned any day now!
#hay2020 #storm #lambs
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Thank you for talking about shipping day! It's important to remember what the goal of farming is; food on the table! That doesn't make it any easier for us to say goodbye but watching you give these lambs the best life possible is a joy. ❤️ Thank you for staying true to goal!
Shalom.Sister Sandi and Mr Mark
Your video and farm sheep are great..Both of you put in alot efforts to bring good and excellent meat to the market.God surely bless both of you more than you ask for...Great farmers for the Lord..Thanks for this video too..God bless😊❤
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Realistically with Rusty, there will always now be a permanent record of him on the internet, so no matter what happens, he's been immortalised, which is far more than most sheep ever get. We can look back and see how he grew and thrived, and lived out the life he was bred for. Regardless of what happens, he will live forever on the internet.
That's a lovely way to look at it.
Hello Sandi! I'm in Iowa, Cedar Rapids to be exact. We were in the path of the derecho (Inland Hurricane) last year. To be honest, I don't know how the people way down south here in the US, stand those storms! My lord, I thought I was going to lose my mind! The pressure that built with that storm was so intense, to anything I've been thru. A tornado doesn't even hold a candle to it! It's been 8 months since that storm and so many are still in the process of cleaning up and rebuilding. Still so many trees down that need to be cleared. It's very sad, to see all of trees that are still standing but with damage to them. We lost a huge oak tree. Just glad it didn't land on our trailer or the house next door to us. Thank you, for doing your videos. I really enjoy them. The lambs are so adorable. I get a kick out their tails when they eat. Bless you and your family!
Ms. Brock:
As to your closing remarks, it reminded me of when I was a youngster, my granddad and uncles used to say, if we don’t ship to market, we’ve got no income. We’re running a farm not a petting zoo.
Respectfully,
W.S
Funny...you said you "try not to create a bond"...keep telling yourself that! It is hard for your viewers to see them go also...but everyone should understand that this is the goal! Love everything about your channel! Love the sheep the most. Thank you for doing this for us!!!
I adore Rusty but I’ve always figured he’d end up at the sales yard. You love your sheep and give them a great life but you’re running a business not a sheep retirement village 😸 It’s nice to enjoy their different personalities while they’re growing, but please don’t feel bad that they have to leave eventually.
Thank you!🥰
@@SandiBrock I Agree. The " Billy's" are distinctive. Easy to track & "daddy" is a good ram. I think you said the mama ewe's also had good bloodlines. The other ram lambs, unless you can really tell who their sire is and the sire has excellent traits.... you have to sell them. IF you can, take the best & favorites to an auction barn that also sells to farms for replacement livestock. If you can't, well they have a good life in your barns, until that last "road trip".
Sandi, as one of your southern neighbors (not a farmer though), you have your complete right to pout and be upset. Things didnt work out and you should feel okay expressing that. Don't keep it bottled in because that's not healthy either. It's okay to be upset that things didn't work out, but don't feel guilty about failing better than others. Some things are just out of your control. I'm not saying to be giddy, but don't feel guilty either. ❤
Well said, completely agree.
Good point!!!
Sandi Brock no shame in being upset. One of your southern neighbors here that’s all dry land and farm gravel type soil and we haven’t gotten enough rain in two and a half months corn is dead above the ear and I haven’t made a cutting of hay (and yes we’re in the corn belt) it’s tough farming with odds stacked against you I think we’ve all gotten the right to be slightly upset.
The way she says, "Why Heellloooo!" to the pumpkins absolutely makes my day
"well, helloooo" 🤭
I thought you were talking about us till I saw the pumpkins 😂
Its just so sweet
Hahahaha! I don’t even know I do it until I edit!!!
i was about to say that!
Never fear!!! This happens to every first garden!!! Practice really does make perfect when it comes to gardens! No worries! You'll be amazed how differently you instinctive do your garden next year! Gardens are GREAT!!!!
I’m so happy that we’ve got what we have so far!!!! So exciting!
love that she talks to the fruit/veg kind of like she talks to the lambs! so cute!
I’m so weird!!😂😂
Am I the only one who was super tickled by the raking machine? I don't know why but my brain decided it was really cute and funny looking. Maybe like a Dr Seuss book machine.
Sandi, Thank you for showing the human side of sheep farming. They are so damn cute staying immune to them would be near to impossible. But as you said you wouldn't be a farmer if you kept every one. You would be a sheep zoo and then where would that get you. Keep up the good work, hold your head high, and be proud of the products you provide whether it be lambs, hay for others, or quality videos. Love ya and hugs
Shalom.Sandi.
You have great passion for sheep farming and gardening..You will do well..Because you have the interest..God bless you and your family.
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Raising livestock isn't a game everyone is cut out for , I raise my own beef and by the time they are ready to go it's been about 18 months so they have formed a bound to me as caretaker and friend but like you I must guard my emotions and place a cross on their heads before leaving my farm ... God bless the farmers that supply our food it's only the rotten ones the general public gets news about but there are so many , thankfully the majority are sweet and kind to the process of from farm to table .
So true, I love my cattle. I give them treats, I give them scratches, I talk to them daily. They come running & kick their heels up when they see me stop at the pasture, but I never lose sight of the fact that they are destined for my table and that I do this to grow the best food possible for my children and myself.
Years ago some friends raised a pig which they named bacon and a steer they named steak to remind them and their children that was what they were being raised for.
Thank you for your kind thoughts re Iowa and the Big Storm. We has 112mph winds. Lost 37 trees where we live, fortunately no damage at the farm. Many miles of flat corn, destroyed buildings, bins and grain handling systems. Many houses not livable. Thank god for generators! Big shutout to all the REC’S and power companies that sent equipment to Iowa to help get power back. I understand trucks were here from Nova Scotia. Thoroughly enjoy you and your family.
Sandi - i knew going in that the only lambs you could keep would be ewe lambs. I was against the movement to save the Billys for that reason - I knew it would put a lot of pressure on you, that you loved them too, so it would just hurt, but possibly be bad for business.You need these sheep to contribute to the overhead and continued existence of the farm. You saved the Billys (all three of them!) so any lee-way you have is gone. And still I notice people pushing - thinking they know how to force you to save a lamb they like now. I just pray these are innocent people and not those with an agenda to hurt the farm. And yes, I too was grateful that you saved William Jr!
I was one of the save Billy people only because she had such a personal connection to the billy. I know that was a rare one time thing mostly due to how sweet he was. I fully accept the fact that any other rams will be sold as meat or maybe at best see if another farm would like them as a breeding ram.
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I did let a huge whoop when the save Billy crowd did just that. Made me feel like i had not owned up to my own feelings. Its never an easy topic, I just hate seeing her feel so badly now - and it's not because of the Billys. She's having a vulnerable time - it happens to all of us.
The first thing that all of your fans need to remember is that you are in a business pure and simple. Not a petting zoo. You are in this business to make money and help support the farm. Because of that you have to be practical and make some hard choices. I respect you for your heart but also your head at making those choices. Those that can't need to look at another vlog.
when i used to do hay for my grandfathers beef cows it stormed every time, and the past 3 years i havent helped and they've been perfectly fine so youre not alone sandi!
We have family in Iowa that was effected by the powerful storms. Thank God, all were ok! 🙏🏻🤗❤️
Thought you’d like to know my 16 month old daughter says “ba ba ba” whenever she hears your voice and watches your videos with me 🤣 I’ll start your video and she comes toddling over saying “ba-ba! ba-ba!”
That is too cute! My 4 year old gets so excited when Sandi post new videos
I love this so much!!
I love how you talk to your pumpkins like you talk to newborn lambs!
Yes her helloh is so beautiful and inviting. She is opening her heart to you. Love it. Love u.
If I wasn't watching when you were greeting your pumpkins, I'd have thought there were lambs in your garden. It was the same exact "hello!"
Hahahaha!!! My baby voice apparently works on plants too...
Thank you Sandi, for all that you do to share your farm life & sheep life with us!! I love a day in the life videos & of course the lambs 💞. Blessings to you & your family~
I'm so relieved to hear that even a sheep farmer struggles with the shipping for meat of her flock.
It's such a struggle for many of us who like to eat meat. We see where it comes from. We see those animals with individual personalities. We want to keep them all. It must be so hard for you Sandi. I know you connect with all of your animals.
So cute she talks to the crops she grew like she goes her sheep😍 adorable
Sandy, I grew up on a monstrous ranch in Southern Colorado. We didn't have any of the science that you have today. If i was younger, with all of this science, i would definitely go back into farming ( i turned 61 a couple of months ago). Have a most blessed day!
the way she talked to the pumpkins is just the best
Sandi.
Who ever said a farmer is not a gambler has no understanding of ferming, as the farmer is alway's at the messy of the weather. Take Care Be Safe around all equipment🤗😊😁
Hi Sandi! Two things, first can you come for a visit and bring the rain with you? lol We just planted timothy hay and our weather forecaster had at least 40% rain all week. It rained, Monday. Next rain, fingers crossed for this weekend. Second, I'm so glad you share your story from beginning to end (marketing). It is so hard to send animals to market when you give them the best life you can before then. I have to explain this to my two girls (and myself) that we can't keep them all. We give them the best life we can and when it's time, they go on to provide for others, in a different form.
Ok...some how I felt so much better to hear someone else talk to their vegetable plants too!! I have a small homestead farm, and OF COURSE all the animals are greeted and 'chatted up'. But this morning I found myself talking to a tree that's not doing so well. I watered it, told it how beautiful it is and I can't stand to see it die and that it needs to get it's act together~...then I quickly looked around to make sure no one heard me, cuz I can only imagine what they would think! But just last night my tomato plant and I had a great conversation! Tomatoes are actually quite worldly and knowledgeable! hahahah.... (sshhhh...don't tell anyone I admitted that!)
From this old lady in South Carolina. Stay in the Sandi. Sometimes the words farming and gardening are just a new way to say cuss words & still be polite👵😂😅😂. It’s hard but rewarding work so stay the course. You have lots of people backing you and hoping the best for you!! I watch you as often as I can -weekly if not daily-so here’s hoping for a good weekend for you!!
Sandi you are one heck of a lady farmer and person. I understand how hard you work but please try and relax you are stressed so much. Don't want anything to happen your compassion for the Farmers here in the U.S. was wonderful so thank you. I also follow several other farm youtubers one of which is Cole the cornstar who was affected by the storm. You need to check him out his dad is funny thats daddy cornstar. So grab a glass or 2 of wine and sit with Mark you are truly blessed. Bye
Farmers truly DO feed families. I personally have decided this is the last year I do a vegetable garden. This is the time of Summer that everything goes to Hell in a hand basket. The hot, scorching sun with the pounding downpour of water just makes the plants wither and the weeds grow great...then powdery mildew sets in with the slugs and insects. A garden takes daily time to check and weed, everything has to be picked at the right time of readiness, like the beans for instance....too early =too small and too late= tough and seedy beans, "sigh". Farmers do it for a living and they do it right. Tons of nice Ontario produce is in the stores (Niagara peaches) !!YAY!! so I'll support them.
I will gladly have Rusty, he just has to get to Australia some how 🤣 You are amazing Sandi, keep up the fantastic work ❤❤
Via Slow boat, like 3rd class mail? lol Have to send lots of sheep feed, too. Nice idea tho.
Husband and I really enjoy your vlogs. We both love the country and had sold one farm (Essex County) and were looking for another years ago when our toddler got sick and we had to stay close to hospital, so there went my sheep, chickens and horses dreams, other than hiding chickens and ducks in the late back yard. Empty nesters now, and not realistic dreams anymore, so you are our Sheep/farm fix. Ironically the toddler got over his difficulties and long grown, and grown long, lives in a farmhouse on his wife's parents 5 th generation dairy farm, North Central Ontario. Yesterday was Scottish husband's birthday so I cooked PSB a roast leg of lamb, Ontario fresh meat.
We love your enthusiasm, and share your sadness, and love how you share your family and farm with us. I can't look at Instant Weather Ontario without checking what weather is heading your way, after it misses us.
You are a rare gem. Thanks again
PS this son sometimes helps the family to transfer cows across the road from one pasture to another. They have a pale Golden Doodle, and while on a drive on the weekend, came across their other neighbour transferring sheep from one pasture to another. Lola got very excited as she thinks sheep are Doodles, and look like her and her family
Best thing for Pumpkins and melons is wood ash. Here in Australia I've planted them after I've cleared land, windrowed and burnt the scrub. Empty the ash from your fireplace onto the ground before you plant. You'll grow things big enough to live in as well as have a nice saleable product that takes zero effort once they sprout.
The wind flatten the corn. It is as flat as your hay . We will survive because as farmers we understand things don't always go as we hope. Tomorrow the sun still comes up. We will keep going.
Up until this year, we would lose most of our garden to rabbits, ground squirrels, and deer. This year I used free pallets, split them from 4 ft to 2 ft, and then screwed them end to end to make 4x8 ft raised beds. I filled them with a carbon layer like leaves and scrap wood, then a nitrogen layer of old alfalfa or chicken manure. Repeat layers and make the last 12" of a good garden soil and compost. Happy to say my garden has never produced better, I have no weeds, and no bending over. I have 9 boxes this year, but will probably double that amount for next spring. I build them over the winter while farm chores have slowed down. It takes some initial work, but saves so much labor during growing season. They can be covered in spring to hold in heat for starting seeds early. Just a suggestion that might work for you.
I love my raised beds, but in a dry year they are very unforgiving if you forget to water. Maybe just a bit smaller garden would be advised.
@@Aardvarkangus I have them on drip along with our young orchard. Just the flip of a switch on the timer waters everything. Couldn't be easier.
I have found that layering makes for slower breakdown of the material, blending and mixing the carbon and nitrogen gives a superior product. Happy gardening.
The bittersweet side of raising your sheep. ❤
Thank you for admitting it is hard, makes me less ashamed of sobbing like a fool when I took them to the barn or when the guy who sold meat came and picked them up. All this time thought it didn't bother you and made me feel waaaay worse remembering my horrid days.
So Sandi, just to let you know I love all the farming videos! I am subbed to a few of my favourites. I have a farming background with many relatives still involved today. But there is something about your channel that makes you my favourite! Not sure exactly what it is probably a combination of things but thanks for doing what you do!
I love the team work between you and other farmers!
We live right in the derecho land. Ive lived here all my life and never heard of this. We got power after 4 days but lots of my friends are still waiting. Power lines all tangled up with hundred old shredded trees. Our farmers lost all power, all power poles etc. Its just surreal. We've all seen storms and uprooted trees but hundreds and hundreds of them? I still can't take it all in. Lots of opportunities to help our community.
Thanks for your honesty on shipping. I have a super small flock of sheep and goat in Michigan, and I've been fortunate enough to sell almost all of my young stock for breeding. I'm not looking forward to the day I'll have to take some to the sale barn, but I know as I get bigger, that day gets closer. Knowing that you think it's tough makes me feel better about it. Thank you for sharing your farm with me!
Sandi I really like the daily bandanna that you have started wearing. It is all about the color coordination.
Sandi, thank you for your kind words and for thinking of us in central Lowa.
Love the lamb weighing music....so cute!
Wow funniest thing Sandy. When you popped up the image from Cole and mentioned that he was from Iowa, I remembered that my dad watches some of the farmers from there. So I went and asked him, and sure enough, he watched Cole! What a small world we live in huh? I watch you and he watches farmers you know, just thought it was a bit funny.
Common Rusty! We are praying for you and home !
I love how you talk to the pumpkin's, they say talking to plants helps them grow, hope they do great, have a fantastic day Sandi!
Selling off your lambs is your income and reason for being in business, so no one should be surprised when they go. Getting upset about a potentially ruined crop that means paying off major farm équipement bills or going deeper into debt is very understandable. That pain is always relative to the disaster the US farmers went though of course. Like the saying...a man complained that he had no shoes, until he met a man who had no feet. Puts everything into better perspective a bit. Good luck with the crop, and the 4 th cut also. 👍👍👍❤️❤️🚜🚜🐑🐑🌾🌾
Thanks for sharing how you feel & why. It’s got to be tough but you’re doing the right things with the lambs.
I laughed so hard when you showed your garden! That’s what happens to me, too! 😂😂😂
Thank-you for your kind words spoken for my fellow Iowans. There are still a quarter million of folks without power, water, sewer or a combination of all. The buildings, homes and crop damage has been devastating. Our little acreage, home and out buildings have been spared and we feel quite lucky and blessed to say so. Early estimates are 10 million acres of corn/crops blown down across our state.
Wow. Ok. This is just what I was commenting on that earlier video. I'm glad to know you feel the same way about shipping day. It's just so hard to see - I'm sure it's harder for you to do. Sending many thanks to you for putting the good and the bad out here for all to see and learn and experience.
After being a dedicated "watcher", I finally bit the bullet and became a subscriber. Having grown up on a small farm, we had a few sheep for a while but my greater sheep experience was after I was married and helped my brother in law lamb his band of 3 ,000 ewes.
After watching your recent weigh-in, I wondered if castrating the ram lambs might improve their weight gain?
I have a great deal of admiration for your dedication and the versatiliity you show in your farm skills. Definitely not one of the "weaker sex" per se.
An 85 year old admirer in Idaho.
I used to castrate my ram lambs so that I had a bigger window in which to sell, but complete ram lambs grow and finish better at a younger age. Leave older ram lambs complete and they just make frame like teenagers. I had to use the burdizzo bloodless castrater on older ram lambs that proved not good enough to keep for breeding in order to get some flesh on them to sell as hoggets.
My son in law raises cows and my grandson and I learned a long time ago don’t name the calves the ones you name will be the first he sells, especially the little bull calves Lol. Don’t worry about the way the garden looks almost everyone’s looks like that this time of year. We all get busy but the harvest still taste good. Thanks Sandi for sharing. Hope the rain holds off for the hay.
Sandi, consider using woven ground cover in your garden next year. At minimum between rows, but ideally burn holes in it for planting plants. No weeds is your reward.
I’ll have to google this!!
Could use feed bags if you get pelleted feed in bags!
I’m glad you sent out these underweight sheep to get a good price on them. I’ve always expected rusty to go out to market, like the hereford. No worries. Good luck on the harvest.
Oh my Sandi you are the most precious thing ever!!! Talking to your plants, showing them love, just like your sheep... LOVE IT!!! I talk to my plants too!!! Study shows that interactions with your plants, positive interactions, actually help improve their growth and health!!! This is such a great video, despite the extra wetness, although the grounds did need it.It breaks my heart that you're not keeping Rusty!!! I thought for sure you would, maybe he's friendly now, and will win his way into your heart and be able to stay. Ruthie's grandson deserves to stay.
My days are complete with Sandi and her Sheep!!
I am with you. The very first steer we had was George. When we went to pickup our meat we had to trade out because I couldn't eat George. I just loved all our stock soooo much. Truly understand and appreciate your love also.
you can't save everyone and who knows...they might just be selected for someone's breeding stock not just the table!! I raised bucket calves who's mums couldn't or wouldn't take them so I got really attached...but I was also vary proud that although stunted in growth, my calves weighed twice what their counterparts did and contributed more back into the operation...giving us more feedback to help improve the next go round. like someone else said...you saved the Billy boys so no longer have any roadway in keep or ship...while I voted to keep Jr I was thinking the ONE not 3😊so I get it's hard to now know every single one must go on the truck. Rusty might get lucky and you find him a good home, but he does have a pretty good chance of still going on the truck...it's farming, livestock, and life....you can try but hold your breath either😕
One good turn deserves another. Shows how lucky both families are to have each other as friends. You give straw, they give labour and equipment.
I remember those days of taking sheep or our cows to market. I just had to harden myself, but it wasn't easy😢 My heart goes out to you. And the hay, yikes! Never a dull moment is there? You're doing a great job Sandi! Love ewe, your farm and your family to pieces!
Re: taking the borderline sizes-I think “make hay while the sun is shining” so I would risk losing a few dollars per lamb rather than holding back and risking a big drop in demand.
Very true!
Do the maths! How much does it cost to feed and bed per day per head vs. how much per pound for another day’s gain? Maybe Mark could get his corn buckets back out and explain all the costs of raising a lamb to market weight 🤔
Hi Sandi.If you have a 30cc syringe you should inject whole milk into the stem of your pumpkins and also watermelon.They will be huge.My parents do this every year with the grandkids.Stay blessed Brock Family.
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Hay days are always a challenge! Kudos to making the hard decisions, its never easy when you get attached but your doing what you love. Your always improving and trying, great job!
NEVER mock the weather gods ,LOL . It's harder when you name the lambs .
Sandi, we got 6" of rain in the past week. HOLY CRAP talk about soaked city. Our place is a lot of red clay and doesn't drain well. guess who took butt plant feeding? Yup soaked clean thru to skin. Hope you got the hay bales and wrapped cuz I'm South and West of you and it's coming your direction. have a great weekend.
It's noon. I run to my chair with my computer. That's the moment hubby comes in and wants to chat about nothing. He knows it's a Sandi day. He knows better!!!! He's a bonehead. #superfan
Ha ha ha ha...I loved this!
Sandi check out the weed resistant tarps (it's like a giant fabric). They work waaaayyy better than straw.
Living traditions homestead uses them if you want to see how well they work.
I really believe you do give them the best possible life they can have.
Thank you! I certainly try!!!
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Growing attached to lifestock is very dangerous and honestly I completely understand because I have the same issue some animals that just pull your heart strings especially when you've put so much work into them.. but you always know you cant keep them and they have to go. I already love that you are keeping the billies, they are all quite the character and hopefully good breeders!! When Rusty is ready to be shipped just bid him farewell and ship him.. atleast you kept his sister I believe in your ewe replacement group so thats all good.
Also I'm sorry that hay didn't happen, if only we could control the wetaher haha.. keeps us on our toes! Have a lovely day Sandi.
I posted before I saw your rain on your hay. I'm soooo sorry!!! You are allowed to feel bad for your current circumstances no matter what anyone else's is. It sux for us all. We've had so much rain here in Northern Kentucky for so long my entire garden is ate up with blight! It wasn't supposed to rain today, but right now it's hailing lol. We just replaced the house, barn, greenhouse, and chicken coops roofs from last years hail storms. All we can do is pray... God bless! I just found you this year and really enjoy your video's!!
Hey y'all. If you ever wondered what our South Georgia peanut hay smelled like just grab a handful of that Alfalfa and add a little dust LOL. Cows here will walk around grass hay to get to a roll of peanut hay.
happened to me more than once its hard for non-farmers to understand the stress of rain, when your hay is cut and raked.
You've got to stop giving them names! It was really hard to get 'Old Spot' past the huge lump in my throat when Mom announced that we were having her for dinner one night. She was one of the first two cows we purchase for the new farm when I was 4 years old. She patiently let me learn to hand milk (she was half Holstein and half Shorthorn and we were a cow/calf operation) the milk that went on my oatmeal each morning. There wasn't too much conversation around the table that night and lots of leftovers. Obviously, I wasn't the only one having trouble swallowing that night! There were 8 kids, me, the younger middle child and at least 6 of us had a positive, caring relationship with Old Spot. Mom never ever told us who we were eating after that night.
A Huge Garden is a Huge Commitment which you have to keep up with or it’s Overwhelming. 👍
Hey there. I live not too far from you. I'm in Kitchener. That corn would taste great if you roast it over a fire. Soak it in water for about half hour and then put it over an open flame like you would marshmallows. The water will steam the corn and then burn the husk off when done. It's like a treat for my family here.
It's been dry here for the most part. The fields need water but you got a lot there. Hope all is better.
I'm from Rockford Illinois and we had 2 small tornadoes touch down. Lost power for a couple of days.... its late Thursday and many in town are still without power..... it was definitely a wild storm. Thankfully everyone is safe. Love watching you Sandy. Thanks for sharing life!!!
Hey Sandi! We have a store in the lower 48 called Harbor Freight. They sell a plastic cart that hold your supplies and meds when yoy are working on sheep. Just a thought. Enjoy your channel.
Thanks for the well wishes for Illinois!
So, you plough all that lovely green manure back in with that superb sheep poo and look out next years seeds
I’m in Wisconsin and literally missed bye 30 miles from my home! Was a scary storm for sure. I felt so horrible for everyone affected by the storms!
Here in Southeast Missouri August temperature have been very hot for 1 week then unseasonably cool with lots of heavy rain.
Our wheat is harvested, corn is almost ready then lots of soybeans.
Funny story, a goat is on the loose in the next town over, everyone is afraid of it.
He is eating good in the soybeans until animal control figures out how to safely relocate him.
My mom lives on a small heritage farm that keeps sheep (mainly suffix, but they aren't for breeding so genetics don't matter) and I'm sure they would love to take Rusty. Unfortunately, we're out in BC though so transport could be challenging.. If your other leads for homes fall through feel free to send me a message and we could at least try to arrange something for the little guy. Good luck with hay your next cut of hay!
Edit: just so you know this isn't meant to pressure you into giving any lambs special treatment; I understand you're running a business and support it 100%, but I wanted to provide an option that could be a win-win because I understand how easy it is to get attached. If there is one or two other 'special' ones left in this group, or even ewes ready to retire, they also may have a place as it would be lonely for him to be quarantined by himself before joining the herd.
I heard Meredith “This Farm Wife” mention you and I am hooked. I can’t miss an video of Meredith’s and I sooo look forward to yours as well. I live in south Louisiana and 4 years ago we had some devastating flooding so I very much relate to your fear of that water. God Bless. Daryl
LoL those beans are good for seeds only. Call a tree company and take their wood chips and put them around the plants and on the soil. Not only does it stop the weeds. but it keeps the soil moist! Your onions need to be laid out in a sunny place for curing for about two weeks I think. Make sure they are not touching!! Then braid them together and hang in a cool place. A basement is perfect if you have one.
That "derecho" storm brought incredible high winds across Iowa and Wisconsin (where I live) and as it crossed over Lake Michigan I found myself thinking..."I hope it doesn't get to Sandi's farm!!" I'm so glad it didn't! It seems like the worst of it went South of me, but I felt badly seeing the damage on the news. Those kinds of things we often take for granted, but it really does hurt. I totally get it. Hope you get to bale hay "while the sun is shining" on Friday :)
I was about 1/3 county east of a tornado warning and we got a few leaves blown off trees and that was it. I was so surprised to hear how bad it was elsewhere!
Don't feel bad. Us Iowans are tough. We are rebuilding 2 years later. Hopefully by the end of the Summer I will be caught up.
I noticed that when you put the lambs in a confined space some get spooked and turn the wrong way ... great save and turn around
I love that you love your animals. They have a great life, it is all we can hope for when raising animals for our consumption. Thank you for you compassion!
I raise chickens for eggs for my family and like to sell or give away to family/friends whatever is extra. This year I brought in a bunch of fresh blood and have been selling some of my current flock. I'm trying to bring in good egg layers so I can get eggs to sell again. Its hard to sell some of my hens because I've grown attached to them. Not quite the same thing as you, but similar. You do what you need to do for your family and your finances. Yes, it is hard to not get attached and it is hard to say goodbye knowing where most of them will end up. But know they had a good, loving, safe life while they were with you.
"Make hay while the sun shines!" Only farmers truly understand this adage. I learn so much watching your family farm. Now I know what a hay rake is. Yay! Sounds like you made the right decision to ship your lambs at this time all things considered. Being a farmer is all about calculating risk management. Gamblers at Vegas got nothing on you all. God bless our farmers around the world. Cathy not Charles. ;-)
Hope the hay is all baled! LOL If not, I am anxious to see Friday's video! Thanks for a great video!
You are such a caring person with all of your sheep and the wonderful life you give them. Love watching your channel I have learned so much about what it takes to raise sheep. Thank you for sharing this with all of us.
The lives of farmers are so tough. The good days vs the days eventually even out, but boy those roller coaster rides sure play havoc with your patience and emotions. Farming ain’t for the faint of heart! You got this Sandi and family.
Thank you once again for another beautiful video. Your words on the necessities and heartbreak that shipping is was moving and spot on to the cycle of life. Thank you for doing what you do and how you sincerely care for each of you critters. Good luck
I ALWAYS enjoy "hanging" with you!!!!
Just curious, with the ones you fall in love with, along with the rest of us, have you ever considered selling the favorites to those of us who would be honored to purchase a Sandi Brock Special Ewe or Ram lamb??? Whomever should be lucky enough to have a favorite, would HAVE to send in video of the favorite every so often, to not only keep you updated, but the rest of us updated!!!! I know I would be extremely honored to have some of the Sandi Brock Favorites!!!! It's just a thought.
LOVE everything!!! Thank you for sharing like you do, Sandi. We all LOVE you!! Hang in there. Be safe.