Farm – Page 124 – Dan Routh Photography

Spring Workout

Kevin and Mikki Teague and son John from Liberty, North Carolina brought their two Belgian mares Pearl and Rose by my neighbor Gary McMasters’ farm in Grays Chapel for a little spring workout. Gary hitched the two sisters to a land drag and worked them for a couple of hours to help clear the winter cobwebs. The work horses were raised in the Amish country in Indiana. Kevin bought them when they were around nine years old. They are seventeen and eighteen now.

March is in Like a Lamb

Animals, Farm, Sheep

Lambing season is in full swing at Rising Meadow Farm in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Purple Martin Housing

Bird, Farm

Martin gourds at Lindale Dairy, near Silk Hope, North Carolina. Organic insect control.

Riding Behind a Team

Farm, Mule

Mules pulling a plow at Lemon Springs, near Sanford, North Carolina.

Goats at Lindale dairy

Agriculture, Animals, Farm, Goat

The new goat kids are hitting the ground fast these days at Lindale Dairy near Silk Hope, North Carolina. Farm owner Neil Lindley works with his animals in the goat barn on his organic dairy. Neil produces organic cows milk and this year is starting to furnish goat’s milk to my neighbors at Goat Lady Dairy in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

Six Horses Pulling

Farm, Horses

Breaking corn ground with a six horse hitch in Lemon Springs, near Sanford, North Carolina,

Nine Horse Team

Farm, Horses, Work

A team of nine work horses pulls a plow in Lemon Springs, near Sanford, North Carolina.

Winter Plowing

Agriculture, Farm, Tractor

Bill Walker plows land over the winter at Walker Farms in Grays Chapel, North Carolina.

In the Goat Barn

Agriculture, Animals, Farm, Goat

Steve Tate of Goat Lady Dairy stopped by the goat barn at Lindale Dairy in Silk Hope, North Carolina. Steve was showing me the new facility. The folks at lindale are providing some of the milk for Goat Lady’s cheese this year as Steve and his family expand their operation. We were a little late. The three females below were part of a set of quintuplets. Their two brothers had already been moved to the buck area on the farm.