Tag: wool

Luckily we have had a great lambing season. Tim had his first opportunity to assist in lambing, I had a run in with our ram, but all in all it has been good. The entire flock is out and about on grass for the first week. Our eldest lamb, Friday, is just about weaned, but still enjoys an occasional suckle form his Mum, Hermoine. Friday seems to be getting the shove from Mum Izzy, as when he tries to suckle he is pushed away most of the time. Our youngest boy, Dick, is still faithfully going up to Mum Ewenice for a drink. Ewenice is such an attentive Mum, as she always lets him.

We have an abundance of wool that will be processed over the summer. It is amazing how much wool comes off of one animal. What is even more amazing is that the wool grows so fast. In only a couple of months the adults have visible wool growth.

The one down side of lambing is that we can't keep them all. Friday is already sold and will be going to his new home in the next couple of weeks. Wednesday has a new home as well. Dick is the odd man out so to speak. Really we don't want to keep him except for breeding, but we don't have enough room for two rams. We may sell him on as well. Dick is a unique little guy. His shetland/babydoll southdown/horned dorset breeding brings some very interesting genetics into a flock.

Here are pictures of our lambs.

Wednesday the lamb. Izzy is his Mum.

Dick making a funny face.

Friday doing his best cute pose.

This is just plain cool. We met Judi at the conference. She was kind enough to take some of our wool home and spin it. This is what happened.

Isn't that cool! Thanks Judi!

We have been incredibly busy here getting ready for the one main social event on our yearly calendar. It is the time for the Guelph Organic Conference.

We have been busily being gathering supplies and information for our table at the GOC. After a few years of observation and exploration both Tim and I seem to have found our niches. We are really refining both our  role and our little farm this year. Here are a few of the exciting thing we have planned for this year!

Handmade hat and scarf by Jennifer.

Lots of felted WOOL!: Jennifer is creating beautiful, unique wool items to both make and buy!

Edible Landscaping & Permaculture Design: We can help you have your own edible landscape!

Traditional Lawn Mowing: Our friendly sheep can now mow your lawn too!

Workshops and courses: Our Backyard Chicken course is returning, but we also have some new ones too!

Begin your own Food Forest: Find out how easy it can be to bring permaculture into your life with a $100 Food Forest!

We are sharing our table with Alexis of Earth Tracks. Alexis specializes in primitive skills such as tracking and fire making, is a wild plant specialist, and does educational and guided trips into wild places.

Come and visit both of us at the 2012 Guelph Organic Conference!