Nora's Hat

My good friend, Rita, called and then came for a visit this morning. We save our dog grooming hairs for Rita as she spins dog hair a lot.

Rita came by to give me a hat that she made from the hair of my dog Nora, spun with a bit of wool to give it elasticity. It is BEAUTIFUL ... and it was such an unexpected surprise ... :-).

Thanks Rita!

Night, Night ... :-)

This is Mark, the young man who lives upstairs, reading a bedtime storry to Anna. I think that they both enjoyed it ... :-).

L G D Puppies

Pete and I delivered the last of the sheep leaving here for the year to Steve and Heidi Welch on Thursday ... and they have these VERY cute Maremma puppies for sale and ready to go!

I have three Maremmas and love the breed as livestock guardians.

There are seven available, I think.

They have been raised with sheep, donkeys, chickens, ducks, and cattle ... so they are pretty much good to go with any sort of livestock.

Let me know if you are interested in a couple of them and I'll get Steve and Heidi to contact you.

Welcome, Petula

This is a picture of my new cow, Petula. She is coming to me from my friend Charlotte's farm, Charlotte's Web Farm. The picture is of Petula last summer, with the FOUR calves that she raised! Petula is a nice short Dexter, but not a 'short-leg'. She did NOT take well to being milked, but will do well looking after the calves from cows that can be milked.

Now ... I KNOW that I said that I was maxed out with cattle numbers ... BUT ... I sold Sir Loin and Whiskey Jack (he had bred his cows) ... so I am still down one animal ... for now ... :-)

Leo Update - Updated!

Leo has been given a reprieve. He is being 'leased' by some young folks who recently purchased a starter flock from Willow Garden. He'll get to stay there until March ... or until they have issue with his behaviour. In March, if he doesn't sell ... then he will be ground and seasoned into pepperoni sticks!

Leo has been SOLD! Wonderful news!

So one of my boys coming back in early November will get a reprieve from their visit with Uncle Ted while they are 'Leased' over the winter. This is a good thing as WillowGarden Ingersoll (out of WillowGarden Grenadine and Wintertime Red Velvet) is WAY too nice to eat without having some lambs from him first ... :_)

V Creek Leo ... FOR SALE

... live for $200 if out of here before Oct 28th (can deliver to eastern Ontario and up to the Ottawa area that day). If not sold by then, he will be for sale at $8 per pound as seasoned pepperettes (they are awesome).

This animal broke rule number one for a ram on my farm, and took me down from behind, with a blow to the knees ... followed by a blow to my butt! Those of you who are laughing ... can stop now ... and ask yourself how many pounds of pepperettes you want!

:-)

Leo was the finest of all my mature rams ... but I have kids come here and he can NOT stay!
He'd be an awesome herd sire as he is a Dillon gulmoget without the side fading ... and he is still quite soft!