O’Neill: New lambs, winter crops, and flow state (column)

Casey O’Neill is a farmer and owner of Happy Day Farms in Laytonville, Calif. The opinions expressed in this column do not necessarily reflect the views of The Mendocino Voice. If you’d like to write your own column for The Mendocino Voice, send your idea to info@mendovoice.com.

Snow ticks off the windows in the predawn light. After I finish writing I’ll gear up and head to the ranch to feed pigs, sheep and chickens. We have two fewer pigs thanks to friends who purchased them to raise their own piglets and meat, which makes the morning chores easier. It feels good to have slimmed the herd down to one sow, one boar and five weaner pigs, 2 large and three small.