It’s not easy waiting around for the best part of a shepherd’s life….lambs! For the last 16 days, every morning, we have declared that today lambs would arrive! Any moment, surely. And……nothing. It is hard to believe that our poor ewes might be able to contain growing lambs any longer. The mama’s bellies are taut, […]
Fibre Flock
Spring Shearing
One thing grounding me during these turbulent times is our own familiar rhythm of life on our little farm. Despite pandemics and car accidents and caring for loved ones facing illness, wool continues to grow and fleeces need to be sheared. Each of us has an (un)conscious daily rhythm and in times of stress and […]
Meet the Sheep ~ Winter 2019
Open the gate, and step inside the pasture and you can meet our flock of fibre sheep… Posey is my sidekick, if a girl can have a sheep for a sidekick. When I open the gate, she is the first to greet me. When I walk by the fence, she trots over to baaa a hello. […]
