Lockwood Lavender Farm: Lambs

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Sunday, February 10, 2013

Blizzard Nemo

It's been another busy week in the barn and on the farm. We received about 10 inches of snow this week due to Blizzard Nemo. So getting to the barn can be difficult. But Grace doesn't mind.

Face first is the best way to go to find what ever is moving under the snow.

We have been spending a lot of time in the barn watching for which Ewe will be giving birth and listening for new baby cry's Two more sets of twins and 4 single lambs were born in the last couple of days.

Where did these spots come from?

Still working on ear control.

Twin sisters and proud Mom.

So as the snow continues to fly I am dreaming of any warm places. ANYWHERE!

Sunday, February 3, 2013

Twins!

It's been a very busy weekend in the barn. Three more single lambs and a set of twins.

After a difficult birth these two cuties are doing fine.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013

It's A Girl!

Our first lamb of the year was born before midnight on January 28th. Mother and baby are doing fine. Congratulations to Patricia McGovern Jokajtys from our FACEBOOK page and Diana O'Brien from our blog for coming closes to guessing her birth date.

Now all we have to do is name her. Any suggestions?

Sunday, January 6, 2013

Can you guess when our first lamb will be born?

Lambing season will quickly be upon us. So we thought we would give you the opportunity to guess the date of when our first arrivals. There is one catch…we left the Ram in with the Ewes all summer so even we aren't sure when our first lamb will be born. So give us a guess and the one closest to delivery date will win a Lockwood Lavender Farm Gift Basket full of lavender and honey products.

Seeing new lambs being born is the closest thing I've ever seen to magic and watching one take it's first shaky steps on impossibly long legs ten minutes later is nothing short of a miracle. I hope to share some of those first steps with you.

Last year lambs.

So give us a guess here on our blog or go to our FACEBOOK page. Oh! Here's a clue: The average gestation length in sheep varies from 142 to 152 days. Good Luck!

Sunday, August 5, 2012

Life After the Lavender Festival!

Summer Bouquet Honey harvest is here! Gary and I are sticking together (honey humor) and determined to get all of our honey harvested before our wedding anniversary this week.

This week we reached the 20th day of over 90 degrees. And being in a beekeepers suit is not one of my favorite things to do when it's so hot. But again we have been blessed with some very productive honey bee and the honey can't wait.

Bee's at Work!

We have the Lavender Hill Mob to thank for our bounty of honey.

As many of our visitors to the farm have noted our bee's have been very busy in our lavender field this year.

And this is the results.

Our honey is sold in these 8 oz and 16 oz 1800's Antique Muth Bottles with cork. A great gift for out of town guests or for yourself. And after the nectar is gone is makes a great spice bottle or vase for flowers (lavender).

You can pick up some of our yummy honey at our Lavender Market on the farm every Saturday and Sunday from 9 -4 till Labor Day.

All of our Lavender has been harvested. I still have some cleaning to do in the field. Now we wait for some our lavender to bloom for a second time. We will need some much needed rain for that to happen.

Gary and I have built some new racks for drying our lavender. It is so much easier then hanging with paperclips and chains.

Some will be sold for dried bouquets and the rest will be used for sachets.

We have also had a few new additions to our flock of sheep. Seeing a new born lamb never gets old.

Yes, I have played hooky a couple of time to go swimming in Skaneateles Lake. Can you blame me...look at that view. And the water temperature is oh so fine!