05-27-2007, 05:31 AM
The stew was a raving success. Flavor is very mild. Family noshed on it for two days 
The sheep were between 14 and 18 months old. Just right for butchering mutton (lamb is 12 months and under). They were very lean and there was little waste.
The meat is all wraped in butcher paper but not marked... eeek... so I have to guess what is in each one.... chops, ribs or stew meat! I might have a leg or two in there.... don't really know. It's fun though. We filled the stew with green and yellow wax beans from our garden along with the usual potato, carrots, onion and barley. Yummy!
The rest of the sheep are most happy in their new pasture and house. We got the sides all up nicely and straw on the floor... a nice mineral lick in it all.
Mostly the animals like to sleep in the shade of the forest area... and they lay and munch in the grass of the pasture during the day. I am guessing that they won't sleep in the shelter unless it rains, and it has been dry so far.
Oh, wait, this is Glenwood aka Gloomwood where it only rains.. don't break the myth!
Just having fun. Pam
Just another day in P A R A D I S E !!
The sheep were between 14 and 18 months old. Just right for butchering mutton (lamb is 12 months and under). They were very lean and there was little waste.
The meat is all wraped in butcher paper but not marked... eeek... so I have to guess what is in each one.... chops, ribs or stew meat! I might have a leg or two in there.... don't really know. It's fun though. We filled the stew with green and yellow wax beans from our garden along with the usual potato, carrots, onion and barley. Yummy!
The rest of the sheep are most happy in their new pasture and house. We got the sides all up nicely and straw on the floor... a nice mineral lick in it all.
Mostly the animals like to sleep in the shade of the forest area... and they lay and munch in the grass of the pasture during the day. I am guessing that they won't sleep in the shelter unless it rains, and it has been dry so far.
Oh, wait, this is Glenwood aka Gloomwood where it only rains.. don't break the myth!
Just having fun. PamJust another day in P A R A D I S E !!
I want to be the kind of woman that, when my feet
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"
hit the floor each morning, the devil says
"Oh Crap, She's up!"