Special Gifts for Special Shepherds 🎁 I thought I would give you some gift ideas for the special shepherd in your life. Chore Time Mittens – My all time favorite chore mitten is a double layer rag wool mitten. These can either be hand made or store bought. In our cold wet temperatures, I prefer wool over leather as wool … Read More
Words like this are spoken out of ignorance, having never had opportunity to embrace rural living and out of a lack of being connected to the people and systems which feed us, care for us, and clothe us. It is almost comical to read yet actually quite tragic to think that someone can be so disconnected. Let’s remove rural life, … Read More
There are two key components to profitable shepherding. As shepherds and farmers, we have a tendency to over look one of these components, putting all of our energy and time into just one area. If we want our farm to be sustainable and for our sheep to earn their keep, then we need to invest into both areas of our … Read More
Our community lost a shepherdess about a month ago. She and her husband have raised sheep for nearly 40 years on a mountain side farm overlooking the village. The white steeple church in town was filled to over flowing the day of her memorial service. Whether you had known her since childhood or for just a few months, you were … Read More
Our farmstay guests often seem to have a romantic view of what I do as a shepherd. I have come to realize that they really have very little knowledge behind the skills of a shepherd. It’s as if they are looking through mist, only getting half of the picture of the life of a shepherd. They can see the general … Read More
