Shakespeare said “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” However, what does a ewe with no name smell like? Rather sheepish actually, take just a minute to rejoice there is no scent-ernet just yet. This lovely lady sports a no-frills ear tag but was never given a proper name. I think it’s…
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What’s New
Today is the start of a brand new year and it’s also the start of the next phase for our little farm. Tower Ranch Alaska is happy to offer CSA Shares through our Etsy Store. Click the button to see what we currently have available. CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, it is a production and distribution…
What’ll They Teach Me Next?
I’m packing my fleece and heading over to spend time with the Grand High Wizard of all things fleece and fiber tomorrow. Since the fiber retreat I’ve dabbled a little. I rented a spinning wheel, I spent time at a friends sucking her brain dry of all it’s useful tidbits, and I’m still nervous about…
I Love My Livestock Guardians
Watching my dogs work is always so amazing to me. Many people see the big white dogs laying in the sun and think they are pets. This is true and false, they are more like co-workers, the farm’s security detail. They are like a super sensitive alarm with built-in theft deterrent system and a quicker…
Baby It’s Cold Outside
I know it will get a little colder as time goes on but this first blast of winter has been cutting right through me. It must be that weight I lost last week (less insulation) or maybe it’s just because it’s a full moon, whatever the reason I cannot seem to get warm. The sheep…
Start of Winter
This is an unaltered photo taken by my friend VickieLee. I love the way she captured the setting sun shining through narrow gaps in the mountains, hitting only the edge of the peak and the brush in the river bed.
Breeding Strategy
Some people just let nature take it’s course, and if you have the right climate then more power to you and Mother Nature. We do not have that luxury. In February it can dip to -20F or even colder, and that is not a nice way to greet baby lambs. We are choosing to wait…
All In A Days Work
My chickens always seem to be in competition with each other. Either they are working hard to get the best bits out of the treat bucket or they are strutting and clucking to get the most attention from the head rooster. Today apparently there was an egg laying competition with awards presented for the largest…
New Additions
Tower Ranch is happy to announce we are adding Teeswater Sheep to our flock in the spring. We have reserved lambs from Ovelha Acres that will hopefully be coming home to Alaska in April. Vulcan a yearling ram at Ovelha Acres Look at those long lustrous locks! I can’t wait to feel them. I am in…
Life Finds A Way
Professor Malcolm made this proclamation about dinosaurs in Jurassic Park and I find myself repeating it when I find little bits of life in the most unlikely places. This fall has been unusually warm giving more time than usual to put the yard to bed. I got the chance to mow up some leaves,…
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