Homestead Wool & Gift Farm!

Change is good…..

Right? I am NOT good with change. Maybe that is why the sheep and I get along so well? They hate change… Thanks to our friends Ashley  and Dayna  , we will be launching our new website in the next few weeks. Saweet! Keep an eye out for more updates, we’ll keep you posted. The sheep are having fun doing some writing and adding new photos. We are also working hard to make sure the site’s shop is…

Sandy on the farm…

And today THIS happened. Cassper is cute but what an ass. First thing this morning he was over with the big group of sheep. They are not fond of him and Cassper is not always fond of me. (Not sure what that is about?)  SO, caught the bad ass and put him back where he belongs. He actually behaved quite well for me- only nipped me. Nothing major but he still got a talking to about his manners.…

Christmas In July Sale!

WHAHHAAT????  The sheep have never ever EVER had a sale in all their years in business. Snowy sheep is not sure what got into everyone but this will be fun! What could be better than a red hot Christmas in July sale??? It definitely is red hot in WI- 100 degrees factoring in humidity. Ouch! The sheep needed a diversion- tee hee! SO, here’s how it works out! There are sale prices across the board…

The sheep thought it would be fun to introduce themselves. They decided I should write about one sheep at a time. The each have such fun stories and we have a wide variety of sheep in our flock family. Our first featured sheep is Apollo. We brought him home from our friends Graham & Margaret Phillipson’s farm. We were there helping out while their sheep were being sheared. There was a sweet…

A day at the boutique!

Oh please tell me you didn’t think it was ME going to the boutique? bwaahahahahaha! Every year Jim and I shear our Puzzle sheep ourselves. He has a huge hole in his heart and has to stand up for his haircut. If we set him on his hinder like the other sheep for their haircuts, he can’t breathe. Not good. Not good at all! SO, Saturday we got to work. Milo (left) and Fletcher (right) were the set up…

Shearing Day….

Joy to the wooled!!!! This year we had the nicest weather on shearing day we’ve had for years. It was nice and WARM! Generally it is a cold, windy day. Hooray! This is our new guy- Ryan the Wonder Shearer! Our shearer of 15 years is retiring. Ryan worked with David at times over the years. We are so lucky to be on Ryan’s shearing route now! He was very kind to our sheep, patient and did a great…

If you follow the sheep and their cuteness, you also know how hard it is for me to keep them focused on work. They really only have three ‘jobs.’ Be cute, grow pretty wool and be healthy. Once in a while though, it IS nice to have some help. The sheep are very creative and love to card batts. They bicker and fuss waiting their turns and the girls throw sparkle around and it gets into the boy’s…

I have so many beautiful pictures of our sheep that have not been ‘out in the public’ yet. SO, here we go! Baaxter – Romney sheep- 10 years old Casey- North Country Cheviot sheep- 9 years old Dalai Llama – 15 years old Marshall – Corriedale sheep – 13 years old Niles- Wensleydale sheep – 11 years old Penny – Jacob sheep – 5 years old Puzzle – Wensleydale sheep – 3 years old SO, we have so many…

Even though it is cooooold outside! Each year I fuss about the weather. I need good sheep weather. Cold enough they don’t get too warm, but not too cold either. Happens every year to my fussbudget self… Bundle up for chores, weather man says it is 30 below zero wind chill and outside I go. The Pyrs are happy, playing ON the snow that has now become ice. First step out the door and I contemplate…

Just another day at the office!

The sheep went on strike the other day. The only office type help I got was they threw the mail and boxes on the back porch. Then they were off again. Doing what sheep do. Arthur and Greta giving a perfect example of what sheep do… (photo from last summer- some things never change!) SO, the Pyrs decided to help me out instead.  First Fletcher tried to talk me OUT of working in the office. DOH! I…

Oh Crap….They’re HOME!

Out out out you crazy dogs- because I, Chico did NONE of this!  SOMEbody OPEN the blasted DOOR! Hmmm, Milo? Don’t know what you are talking about Mom? You Fletcher?? No Mom, but do you see Teagan anywhere? There’s your sign…. (All this happened thanks to a macaw and 3 Pyrs while we were in IL having Christmas with our family today. Aren’t they saucy? They have all really landed in the right house…

There but by the grace of God…

…Go I. We live in a rural area and I was so very sad to learn how many homeless people we have in the Monroe area. I am very disappointed to see our U.S. Veterans lost to the streets. It just makes me so sad. It can happen in a second. To anyone of us. Many people do choose to remain homeless. But most would give a lot to have a safe place for themselves and their family to sleep at night. Some…

16 inches of snow? Milo, Teagan and Fletcher love it! – this is our ‘walk’ today. (nobody was hurt during our walk- this is how Great Pyrnees dogs play. Teagan also took her opportunity to teach Fletcher some manners, even though he is not her puppy. It all looks and sounds rough but they really are just wrestling and having fun fun fun!) Three very tired Muskapyrs! Have a great week everyone!…

It’s a dog life….

And a good one at that! Here is a post that is mainly pictures of our pack of Great Pyrenese dogs and one deaf Border Collie. Let the photos commence! Whaaat? A new puppy? Heidi Grace is not too sure this is fun but Fletcher is winning her over- slowly. She is our full time watcher of sheep. She likes to come inside for a nap during the day and some brushing of her beautiful self! This is puppy…

The Shepherd’s Dog…

From Appletons’ School Reader Introductory Fourth Reader (page 205) As published in 1884 The Shepherd’s Dog The shepherd’s dog is remarkable for its intelligence and sagacity. Far up among the hills, as well as in the green valleys and lowlands, he may be seen guarding and watching his master’s sheep. All over the hills of Cumberland, the mountains of Wales and of Scotland, and in many other…

Sometimes….

life is not what I think it should be on the farm. No sheep should ever leave me OR be a senior citizen. (Don’t have it in me to call any of our critter family ‘old’) Most of you know we had to send our Great Pyrenees Bobbi to the big pasture in the sky recently. We miss her so much. She took wonderful care of our sheep, along with her brother Andrew, for 12 years. That is definitely old age for…