WhirldWorks Farm
A small homestead and Debouillet sheep farm in Central Texas
Category: Farm Life
Still getting used to country etiquette
We have now lived in the rural countryside for almost 4 years. One of the great things about living out here are our friendly neighbors. For the most part everyone we meet believes in watching out for each other and helping out where they…
Weekend Project – Display Shelves
Now that we’re closing in on our first big festival as a vendor, we spent some time trying to configure what an indoor booth would look like for our efforts. We love the look of weathered wood, but it isn’t quite as easy to…
Hand Spun Yarn
Anyone can walk into a big-box store, or even smaller craft stores and pick up a package of machine spun yarn. It’s definitely a quick and easy way to get back to your own crafts, and usually at a pretty reasonable price too. Then…
Long Summer Nights
Sometimes I can’t wait another day for summer to be over, but when summer is over…so are the long summer nights. Summer in central Texas gets a bad rap. It is after all very hot! And very dry! in fact this summer we have…
Our new guard dog is a little Rusty
You never can be sure how adding a new animal to your livestock operation is going to work out. We pushed this reality to a new limit this year by adding a donkey, a cow, and a new guard dog, all within a couple…
Yes we Cantaloupe!
The dog days of summer are definitely in and the continual temps above 100 degrees are bringing our summer garden to a close. I wasn’t sure how well the garden would perform since we were a little late getting the garden ready this year,…
Grazing sheep and cattle together
Responsible livestock management requires investing time in reading and researching ways to improve upon what you are already doing. Not long ago I was reading an article on the topic of pasture management and to paraphrase what I read: “A good livestock producer is…
New Guardian on Patrol
Guardian animals play a very important role on our farm. With predators aplenty here we are continually evaluating and updating our defenses against bobcats, coyotes, owls, hawks and any other possible unseen dangers. Several months ago we had the unfortunate need to relieve on…
2019 Texas Summer Garden
Of the many hats we wear here on the farm, gardening remains one of my favorite activities. Even in this dreadful summer heat, one of the few things that can keep my interest outside this time of year is our garden. It wasn’t very…
2019 Shearing Day
One of our most anticipated days of the year is shearing day and that day finally came for us during the first weekend in June! We spend all year working very hard to keep our flock happy and healthy so that the fleece we…
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