Welcome to Wheely Wooly Farm "where warmth comes naturally"! Our sustainably produced, award winning yarns come from our award winning sheep, starting with our now famous foundation ram, Wooly Bear, Grand Champion Midwest Region, 2009. From lambing to shearing to fiber preparation and the arts, our farm is vertically integrated so that we can produce high quality handspun yarns for your knitting pleasure. We hope you enjoy reading about life on this busy farm!
Shetland Sheep: Rich in History, Rich in Textiles
Shetland Sheep: Rich in History, Rich in Textiles! Our farm mission is to enjoy and promote the wonderful diversity of the Shetland breed by fully utilizing to the best of our ability all they have to offer historically. We believe the best preservation and management of this breed includes it's full spectrum of history. We encourage old and new shepherds alike to join in the fun by engaging in fiber arts, especially spinning and knitting, as this breed is so intimately linked with those aspects of the arts.
Thursday, August 13, 2009
Peachy Carumba
Well, this isn't about sheep. I just cannot resist sharing about my peach tree. It produced a sweet harvest of many, many little peaches this year. The horse in the background is my Andalusian cross mare. I'd like to sell her so her talent won't go to waste. It's hard to let her go as I really love her and what we've done together as a team. She advanced my riding skills considerably from mountain trail rider and pack outfitter (where the only sideways movement is around an open gate) to highly skilled lateral movements, engaging the hind quarters, lifting the forehand for lightness, riding without reins, and spinning...of the horsey kind. I neglect to keep up the advertising so here she still is...neighing twice a day for our time together.
Okay, back to peaches.
We picked, washed, sliced and froze most of them yesterday. There are now two large bags of peach slices in the freezer waiting to go in the blender for delicious hot summer day smoothies. I've also been washing fleeces this week. Watch for my next blog to see how I do that, and for pictures of piles of fleece screaming to be spun!
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