Today, 14 beautiful registered Border Leicester ewes joined the flock at the farm. Sue and Bruce Johnson came up from Hinesburg with some of their finest yearling and two-year-old ewes. The sheep are wide, square, clean and lovely. They represent decades of careful breeding and it’s really an honor to have them here. Sitting inContinue reading “The Wonderful Gift”
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And We’re Out
July 1-4 – I am at a retreat at the Abbey of Regina Laudis, coping with the fact that we just bought a house in Albany, VT, just north of Craftsbury and Hardwick. July 5-12 – Every day, I wake up in Williston at 8, handle the sheep, cat and birds, and pack the carContinue reading “And We’re Out”
The Problem with Sheep and Pickle
Matt and I are making steady progress in buying a property and establishing an enterprise on it. We have 25 more sheep reserved, we have found a property we are hoping to buy, and we have much of what we need to begin making hay as soon as we see some promising-looking land. ThereContinue reading “The Problem with Sheep and Pickle”
A New Breed
In my last post, I acknowledged the issue that has persisted in my flock for a number of years. I haven’t succeeded in getting them to be as productive as they need to be, and I’ve concluded that I’ll be better off working with a pure breed intended for the kind of farm we areContinue reading “A New Breed”