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13 lambs born
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3 successful lambing rescues (breech; tight ligaments; ring womb)
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27.16" rainfall from 4/15-9/16 (April: 4.63; May: 5.76; June: 9.63; July: 1.76; August: 3.88; Sept: .875)
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1 sheep, Tweeta, adopted by Little Blues Traveling Zoo
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44.3 pounds of wool processed (washed)
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Vendor at 6 fiber festivals
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​2 months of grazing buckthorn: 7/11 - 9/10
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1 ram added to flock: Mars
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K/(Ca+Mg)=3.25: Grass hay mix analysis (Should be below 1.5 for adequate Ca absorption for PG ewes).
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1 part Ca added to 1 part sheep mineral last 7 weeks of gestation
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1 part Mg added to 10 parts sheep mineral last 3 weeks of gest
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328 bales of hay consumed
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470# grain purchased (350# corn and 120# sunflower seeds)
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1 lecture given on Three Rivers Fibershed
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2 looms purchased (rigid heddle and inkle)
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1 cowl pattern published on Ravelry by a local designer using Curlee Acres sport yarn
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38 kits sold (18 SWW, 20 designer patterns)
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1 loading ramp built




Mars
2023 By The Numbers
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11 lambs born
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60# of washed wool processed
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2 lambs old to Little Blues Traveling Zoo (a life of pets!)
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Vendor at 5 fiber festivals
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1 lambing seminar attended
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3rd summer of drought
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75 days grazing buckthorn and silvopasture
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K/(Ca+Mg)=2.52: Grass hay mix analysis (Should be below 1.5 for adequate Ca absorption for PG ewes).
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1 part Ca added to 2 parts sheep mineral
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3 brown sheep visited: 1 to cavort with Macque, 1 to do the cavorting with Willow and Tweeta, and 1 to stay - Little Hope
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335 bales of hay consumed
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400# grain purchased (300# corn and 100# sunflower seeds)
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2 hat patterns published on Ravelry by a local designer
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55 hat kits sold (34 SWW, 7 Bear Track, 13 fingering bundles for the Ravelry hats)
2022 By The Numbers
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9 lambs born
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61 pounds of wool processed
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26.6 average micron count (20.9 - 32.9 range)
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1 pedal powered tumbler built
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Vendor at 5 fiber festivals
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1 Farm and Fiber Tour hosted
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45 rotational grazing moves
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Analysis of buckthorn leaves (8/1/22): 17% crude protein (wnl levels for Ca, P, Mg, K, and S)
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280 bales of hay consumed
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10 rugs woven
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51 hat kits sold
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50 wool sponge sets made
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10 herding lessons attended
2021 By The Numbers
- 13 lambs born
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​82 pounds of raw wool processed
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24.8 average micron count
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Vendor at 3 fiber festivals
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Three Rivers Fibershed steward and board member
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1 solar battery and 3 - 164 foot electric netting rolls purchased for rotational grazing
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70 consecutive days of no rain (May 21 - July 30)
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2 lambs sold to a traveling petting zoo (Ohana and Oscar 2)
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330 bales of hay consumed
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2 hat patterns produced
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8 herding lessons attended