Faith, Hope, & Love Farm

Faith, Hope, & Love Farm Small family farm in the far reaches of northern NY.

10/09/2025

Turn your volume up.

Mando is using Mara for a pillow and snoring. 😴 🐐

He is such a funny buck.


5am this morning, the moon was still shining bright. I certainly didn't need my headlamp to do chores today. My luck ran...
10/07/2025

5am this morning, the moon was still shining bright. I certainly didn't need my headlamp to do chores today.

My luck ran out today though, my number got called for jury duty so I'm going to be heading into the city 🏛 for that bit of fun today. But I suppose, 42 years old and I haven't been called up before now.

Loving that rising harvest moon 🌙 tonight through all the maple leaves. Pictures just don't do it justice.It's dark out ...
10/07/2025

Loving that rising harvest moon 🌙 tonight through all the maple leaves. Pictures just don't do it justice.

It's dark out right now and bright enough to see by the moonlight.


Our fall decorations are completed, we now have the stereotypical black "halloween cat". Apparently Yang decided to foll...
10/07/2025

Our fall decorations are completed, we now have the stereotypical black "halloween cat". Apparently Yang decided to follow Therese back to the house, he was waiting on the steps for me when I came back from checking in on mom and dad.

By the end of breeding season when all the girls go back out together it looks like a bag of Skittles with all of the di...
10/06/2025

By the end of breeding season when all the girls go back out together it looks like a bag of Skittles with all of the different marks from the rams.

They spend at least two heat cycles with the ram and after the first 15 days or so the crayon color is changed so we will know if they were bred a second time.

The red line on the one ewe isn't really a breeding mark, he must have just rubbed against her while she was laying down. A good breeding mark covers the entire tailhead area like you can see prominently displayed on the others.






People have asked me why I would butcher a nice Border Leicester ram lamb instead of selling him as a breeding ram. Well...
10/05/2025

People have asked me why I would butcher a nice Border Leicester ram lamb instead of selling him as a breeding ram.

Well, I've been trying to move him at a very modest price for 2 months and no one has been willing to buy him. The last person asked if I would take $100 for him, that was 75% off the asking price. My response was "h*ll no, I'll butcher and eat him before I sell him for that!". They weren't too happy with that answer.

So now the nicest ram lamb his mother has ever produced and the Reserve Champion Leicester ram from our county fair will be providing great tasting American lamb for a few families this fall.

Sometimes it's just easier to eat them than try to sell them.




10/05/2025

Poor Mando, how are you ever going to seduce the does with that little sound? He's the least "manly" sounding buck I've ever met. But Mara is in love with him and that's all that matters.


10/05/2025

Couldn't see any of them this morning or hear Abraham's bell so I got a little concerned. But when I yelled to them, they came on the run out of the brush. They're happily living their best life pretending to be semi-feral 😆






Took a few nice pictures of Issac this afternoon while we were waiting for him to be picked up to go to his new home.It ...
10/05/2025

Took a few nice pictures of Issac this afternoon while we were waiting for him to be picked up to go to his new home.

It makes me feel good as a breeder when someone sees their new ram in person for the first time and all they can say is wow. I'm looking forward to seeing what he will be siring for them next spring.

The last picture is of his reflection in the truck window right before they left for the long trip home.



These dang Asian Beetles are the bane of my existence today. The frosts had sent them into hiding, but now it warmed up ...
10/04/2025

These dang Asian Beetles are the bane of my existence today. The frosts had sent them into hiding, but now it warmed up and they are swarming everywhere.

Can't do anything outside without them covering you and yes they do sting (or whatever the heck you want to call it). And they taste like 💩 don't ask me how I know.

What are we hauling today? I'll give you a hint, multiple species and a total of seven critters.
10/03/2025

What are we hauling today? I'll give you a hint, multiple species and a total of seven critters.


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Churubusco, NY

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Tuesday 9am - 7pm
Wednesday 9am - 7pm
Thursday 9am - 7pm
Friday 9am - 7pm
Saturday 9am - 7pm
Sunday 9am - 7pm

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