I think we could end up snowed in by Monday evening. We are pretty close to being there now. John drove the truck today to work so he could make it home. The neighbor isn't keeping up with the plowing so there was 7 inches of new snow to go through. The forecast is for up to 2 feet of snow by Monday night! We will be snowed in then. Good thing John has Monday and Tuesday off.
We are seriously running out of room to put the snow up here in our part of the driveway. It's getting pretty small. I am filling in around the loop at the bottom of our hill now. I'll leave just enough room to get to the canopy holder for the pickup so I can take that off when I get hay, and the rest will end up filled in. A snowblower is really what we need. Seriously what we need.
I have 6 goats combed now. I've stopped for a few days now, waiting for it to quit snowing and get back up into the 20s. So far the cashmere is looking really nice this year. No dandruff, lice or anything besides some hay bits.
This is Shadow after and before combing. She shrank quite a bit! :-) Beautiful soft fleece. With the combing instead of shearing, they still have their guard hair to keep them warm, so they are all doing fine without their cashmere. I think once it starts letting loose, it doesn't give them the warmth it did when it was still growing and attached to their skin, so it feels good to them to get it off.
Well, that's it for now. Back to shoveling trails and plowing. :-)
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