Yup, we’re still here on the farm! It’s been awhile since I posted and the Friday Farm Photo has gone by the wayside. At the beginning of September, we took a much-needed vacation to Wyoming and South Dakota. Thankfully, the weather was perfect and we had a wonderful time! While on vacation, I solidified my [...]
Archive for the ‘cheviot’ Category
26 May
Sheep Sales – Prices Reduced on Ewes
In the last three weeks, about half of our sale sheep have gone to good homes! We have reduced the price on several of our ewes. Please click on the Ewe Sales Page to see what we have for sale. Shetland yearling ewe Bonnie has a lovely, moorit single coated fleece. We still have three [...]
21 Apr
Growing Lambs
We are in a holding pattern on the farm, waiting for our last two ewes to birth their lambs. Both are first time mothers – a white Shetland Mulesheep who looks wide enough to be holding triplets – she must be having twins. And our white Finnsheep Elina also looks wider than Emmi did, so [...]
25 Jan
Fiber Fun
It’s snowing, blowing and cold outside. We are in that monochrome time of year – white… gray…brown…black. My last post, Friday’s Frosty photos not-so-vividly displays our winter colors in Minnesota. Needless to say, I am in the mood for color! I pulled up some photos of recent fiber adventures. I love dyeing. I enjoy seeing [...]
4 Jan
24 Below and No Worries…It’s Warm Under All That Wool!
24 Below Roundabout Acres is located north of Minneapolis about one hour. It’s been cold here. A few nights ago it was -24F at 8am. Uh-huh. You read that right -24 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s -31 Celsius for our friends outside of our borders. It has been cold. Since December 31st the night temperatures have reached [...]
1 Jan
Happy New Year! Friday’s Fab Five (Photos)
We are Truly Blessed The New Year is always a time of retrospection. I have been looking through farm and family photos as a way of reflection — and planning for the future. As newbie Shepherds, we are constantly “tweaking” our methods. We have made some changes to the farm/flock management this past year – [...]
30 Dec
Let It Snow…
We have had much snow in Minnesota the last few weeks. While the Shepherds spent our Christmas week slogging through the snow and ice to and from work, the flock was peacefully lounging in the barnyard. On Christmas morning, the Shepherd presented me a new point and shoot camera that I can always keep in [...]
27 May
Roundabout Acres has our first CRIA!!
We had given up on Llama Watch, Round 2. We thought that both llamas had lost their pregnancy, somewhere along the way. The two girls had a busy and stressful year – they were bred, moved to our home, and learned to live with a flock of sheep. And don’t forget – they had to [...]
