“Love a Local Business” What began as a home schooling effort to teach our children about sustainable living, the value of hard work, and the joy of keeping animals, now reaches around our own neighborhood as well as the far corners of the globe. Through our Bed & Breakfast, Yarn and Fiber CSA Shares, Agricultural Experience Shares, and summer camps … Read More
When I think about the first time we brought sheep to our farm, I have to laugh. We had no fence and only a small three sided shelter for them. We bought some used portable flexible netting to contain them until we could put up a more permanent fence. All we owned in terms of “sheep supplies”, were a pair … Read More
New Year’s Day Snowshoe We always start the new year off by hosting a New Year’s Day Brunch and Snowshoe. This year about 25 people gathered at our farm for our celebration. We gathered around our large dining room table and scattered around the woodstoves while we ate. Around 11:30 we headed out on snowshoes. Tere was intrigued by all … Read More
Happy New Year! Read our January Newsletter online!
Learning how to trim hooves. Our first AgEx Shareholders (Agricultural Experience) visited our farm a couple of weeks ago! This couple would like to add sheep to their property and wanted to learn all that they could about shepherding. Their day of instruction centered around topics such as: fencing, shelters, parasite control, rotational grazing, basic sheep care, and lambing. Inspecting … Read More
