Wednesday, January 21, 2009


This is taken from the front porch, looking southwest. This is the main barn, where the BFLs are headquartered. Beyond the barn is a machinery shed/corncrib which shelters the flock at this time. We make hay off the field west of the barn that lays along the road, and then grow out the BFL ewe lambs there during the fall. This gives them a relatively parasite free pasture with high quality grasses. In the distance, you can see the wooded hillsides of AEP coal ground. They own thousands of acres in this area - most of it either wooded like this, or open, reclaimed stripmined ground dotted with ponds.

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