Christmas Came Early

Look what was waiting for me when we got home from Thanksgiving holiday in Fairbanks:   These are samples I sent to the new mill that were delivered while we were out. I’m super excited to see what the mill has produced, it’s the first fiber mill in Alaska that can process wool and the first…

Monday Night

Monday nights are not about football at Tower Ranch, we don’t even have cable, so we get more time to enjoy our family and some hand tossed pizzas.     Our dinner guests helped to socialize some puppies 🙂             At the end of the day, after the dishes were all done…

Puppy Love

I’ve been told I’m slacking on Puppy pictures so here ya go 🙂        And a video of puppy howls Puppy video I hope these made you smile 🙂  

Growing Wool

Today we changed some coats in the lamb pen and I just HAVE to share what I saw. Duchess (Columbia/Hampshire Down) Big Bertha (Polypay/Cormo) Princess (Columbia/Hampshire Down) This was a shocker! This little Cormo/Dorper ewe lamb (who still needs a name) gave me one of the biggest surprises. Typical Dorper on the outside, but look what…

A Better Mouse Trap

It’s really no secret, when you have a barn, you have mice. There are a lot of niave people who think they have never had mice and are shocked and appalled when they find out they do, but the reality is mice are everywhere.  Our chickens love mice and will catch them and eat them, heck…

Because I Can

These puppies are so cute. They can’t really do much besides eat and look cute but they really excel at the looking cute part.