We got an email from Kate at Green Fence Farm. Our sheeps are ready to come home! The plan right now is to pick them up this coming weekend. We weren’t expecting to bring them home quite this soon, so we’ve been hustling to get things ready.

Yesterday we went to tractor supply (we had to go anyhow to get bunny litter) and picked up a bag of sheep minerals and a water bowl/bucket thingy. That was the easy part. Today, Andy started working on getting the barn ready. He had to clean a ton of junk out and pull up some plastic that the previous owners had put down. The previous owners really really liked to put down plastic. Finally, we built a wall to make a smaller, cozier area for the sheep and put down a bunch of lawn hay. Whaddya think? Would you sleep there?

It was sort of difficult to put a wall up in the middle of an open spot. Good thing there were lots of bits and pieces of wood in the barn. This next photo is shot from the backside of the wall (where the sheep will not go). It may look funny, but it seems pretty stable. (And it was all free!!!) The tires are there to add a bit of resistance to sheep pushing.

We still have to get the fencing up. Not looking forward to that task at all.