Lambing started just before spring 2026. Now retired from our day jobs, lambing has been much easier compared to the 20-plus years we managed while both working full-time off the farm. It’s hard to believe we handled up to 75 ewes back then—youth was definitely on our side. After 25 years of raising sheep (plus…
Fiona is an almost 14-year-old registered Texel ewe, who has contributed many wonderful lambs to our flock, both rams and ewes. Fiona is the last daughter of “Selma”, one of two Texel ewes we purchased from Portland Prairie Texels many years ago to boost our flock genetics. Both Selma and Fiona were wonderful mothers and…
We had the main flock sheared in October and have been selling fleeces all fall to help pay the shearing bill and keep our fiber friends in wool for creating away. All of the natural colored fleeces this year will be processed at the mill for roving and yarns that we sell through Yarn Folk…