Scottish Highlands

Animals, Grass Fed Beef

Scottish Highland cattle originated in the highlands of Scotland – big surprise! Archaeological evidence dates the Scottish Highland breed back to the sixth century and the first recorded writings still existence date to the twelfth century. Highlands were first...

Hand Shearing

Animals, Farm News, Sheep

In a constant attempt to simplify things on the farm and bring life ever closer to a sane pace, I have always wanted, nay needed, to change the way we shear our sheep. It isn’t that we have had incompetent shearers, actually we have been blessed with some of the best...

Four Reasons To Eat Grass Fed Beef

Grass Fed Beef, Health

As promised, continuing from our last newsletter, here is a more in depth explanation of four of the top ten health reasons to eat grassfed beef. According to a 2009 study that was a joint effort between the USDA and researchers at Clemson University in South...

Great Pyrenees: Meet Niamh!

Animals

By now, most of our customers know that I am infatuated with Great Pyrenees breed of dogs.  We have bred these lovable canines for 18 years and we have placed many wonderful pups as guard dogs, livestock protectors, child minders, and just regular ole members of the...

Sheep Milk: An Experiment

Animals, Raw Milk, Sheep

This is the year that I will finally milk my own sheep. After three trips to Italy seeking out all the sheep’s milk products I could find, it is finally time to make my own sheep’s milk quark, cheese and yogurt. All things sheep are healthier than their counterparts...

Did You Know? Sheep’s Milk

Animals, Farm News

Spring time brings lambs, and these little guys are born scrawny!  A newborn lamb is little more than bone and skin, which makes it especially important that they find their mother and nurse right away. Because the newborn sheep are so thin, it’s perfect that...