Wooly wishes
The holiday season always gives us an excuse to make a wishlist of wooly wear to add to our collection. This year we wanted to share a few of our favorite wool items to add to your list, too!
This is easily classified as our shortlist because we are wool lovers, and we certainly have more products that are easy go-to’s. Be sure to tell us what you’re loving on this list AND what we need to add to our wishlist for 2024!
Top Ten Tools for Shepherds
We made a list of “top ten tools” that are our favorites around the farm. We have been building our farm since before 1988, so accessing all these tools at once may not be feasible, but we thought we’d share our list for other shepherds to consider as they build their businesses and their shepherd shopping lists.
Deworming our sheep flock
Sheep raised on pasture can be given an oral dewormer to help combat internal parasites that are picked up in the pastures. We do this throughout the year based on research of parasite egg counts in fecal samples. Check out what the oral deworming process is like.
Improving soil quality
Part of owning a business is evaluating effectiveness of business practices. We look at all kinds of data on the farm, from sheep productivity numbers to expense/income reports, and even soil sample data. Our earth is our greatest asset, and we need to be responsible in taking care of the resources that we manage. Read more…
Sheep shearing timing
We get a lot of questions about shearing our sheep. On our farm we shear females before they have lambs in winter or spring, males in May with the spring lambing group and lambs at 3-4 months old. The ewes that are shorn in the winter are able to use a barn for shelter. Learn more…
Harvesting hay
We spend a lot of the best beach days harvesting hay in the summertime. Ride along with us for three hay days…in just two minutes of your time! Take me there…
Great Lakes Lamb 