Contributors

Dan Macon

Dan Macon and his family own Flying Mule Farm, a small commercial sheep operation in the foothills near Auburn.  Dan is also the herdsman at the UC Sierra Foothill Research and Extension Center in Browns Valley.

Stories by Dan Macon

• Finished with Lambing… and with Growing Grass?Read the Story
• Every Lambing Season is DifferentRead the Story
• A GiftRead the Story
• Rain… and what it meansRead the Story
• A Shepherd’s Log – Kicking of a New Sheep YearRead the Story
• OptimismRead the Story
• Smoky SkiesRead the Story
• Lucky EnoughRead the Story
• The Worst Year? This Might be It…Read the Story
• The Shepherd Who Cried “Drought”Read the Story
• Sounds of the SeasonRead the Story
• Of Rain and Grass and Waiting for LambsRead the Story
• Finally…Read the Story
• The Sheepherder’s SecretRead the Story
• Staying ThankfulRead the Story
• A New Season – Finally!Read the Story
• The Waiting GameRead the Story
• Foolishness? I Prefer to Call It OptimismRead the Story
• Fall Feed… or Fire Danger?Read the Story
• Worry SeasonRead the Story
• Summer ChoresRead the Story
• Day-to-Day: Raising Sheep in an Uncertain WorldRead the Story
• Sheep FlyoverWatch the Video
• Sheep Don’t Watch the NewsRead the Story
• Spring LambingRead the Story
• A Different Kind of DroughtRead the Story
• Tools of the TradeRead the Story
• A Normal FallRead the Story
• A Precarious SeasonRead the Story
• Germination DayRead the Story
• Following the Green – Grass, that is…Read the Story
• Knowing a PlaceRead the Story
• Moving on to SummerRead the Story
• In Celebration of WoolRead the Story
• At Long Last – Spring!Read the Story
• Lambing LegacyWatch the Video
• The Rites of Spring (Lambing)Read the Story
• The Work is the Same (Mostly) – But Every Year is DifferentRead the Story
• WaitingRead the Story
• Back to RanchingRead the Story
• #Sheep365 Revisited: A Shepherd’s Life in Photos and WordsRead the Story
• Strength in Numbers: The California Wool Growers AssociationRead the Story
• Puppies!Read the Story
• Getting Paid Once a YearRead the Story
• Late Spring Rain – A Complicated StoryRead the Story
• Shearing DayRead the Story
• New LifeRead the Story
• Forcing Myself to ProcrastinateRead the Story
• Perfect Weather – That’s All I Ask!Read the Story
• Measuring Coexistence: the Livestock Guardian Dog GPS ProjectRead the Story
• Knowing Who to ThankRead the Story
• The Newest Member of our Security TeamRead the Story
• 52 Weeks of SheepRead the Story
• On Becoming a Farm AdvisorRead the Story
• Anything But SimpleRead the Story
• Five Feet of Precipitation – or careful what you wish for!Read the Story
• Sure Signs of SpringRead the Story
• Remembering howRead the Story
• Keep it comingRead the Story
• First Jobs and Feed StoresRead the Story
• Giving ThanksRead the Story
• An October like no otherRead the Story
• #Sheep365 – A Look BackRead the Story
• Into the SpotlightRead the Story
• Getting Ready for the FairRead the Story
• The Dog Days of SummerRead the Story
• Feral FruitRead the Story
• One Year to the NextRead the Story
• CoexistenceRead the Story
• One High School TownsRead the Story
• Reminders – and RememberingRead the Story
• Ups and Downs – the Realities of Raising SheepRead the Story
• The waiting is the hardest partRead the Story
• 100 Days In – An Update on the #sheep365 ProjectRead the Story
• Looking Back, Looking ForwardRead the Story
• Quietly paying attentionRead the Story
• Mysterious and MiraculousRead the Story
• GratitudeRead the Story
• Day In, Day OutRead the Story
• Boots and BirkenstocksRead the Story
• PreparationsRead the Story
• The Best and the BrightestRead the Story
• Dogs, Neighbors and Ranching Close to TownRead the Story
• Living with WildfireRead the Story
• Water + Sunlight + Soil + Carbon = FoodRead the Story
• Mileposts and RemindersRead the Story
• Hi-tech isn’t always the answerRead the Story
• Valley TreesRead the Story
• Keep it Coming!Read the Story
• Waiting and WorryingRead the Story