June 2021 - Spring on SourWood Farm!

We are starting a monthly blog of things that are happening on the farm for you guys so that you can get a glimpse of what the going-ons are. We hope you enjoy it.  Here is our first!

We are currently enjoying watching the grass coming up from the seed, lime, and fertilizer we put down in April. We have found that perennial ryegrass does much better for us as we have trees in our pastures. We haven't had much rain, so you know what that means . . . moving water hoses and sprinklers! It allows us to get our steps in though.

We finished lambing season a few weeks ago and those babies are growing like crazy! It will be time to start the weaning process and getting them used to being haltered.

We will be picking up our last Leicester Longwool soon. She will be the last in our foundation herd. She's a beautiful English Blue.

We just brought two beehives to the farm. One of our hives did not make it over the winter last year and the other swarmed. They are currently bringing in a TON of pollen as we are having a crazy time with our allergies! Hopefully, we will have a nice sourwood bloom this year, and the ladies will be making that gorgeous, delicious honey!

Our rabbits are great. I'm very excited about the wool on them currently and may bring in a new Opal buck this month.

 Our Great Pyrenees, Jake and Elwood, had fun at the vets and groomers! So proud of those boys.

The new laying hens are getting big! They should be laying soon, so we hope to be in better egg production.  Also we are getting duck eggs here and there.

Scott has his garden in! We have peppers, beans, squash, zucchini, tomatoes, eggplant, onions, garlic, and a bunch of fresh herbs, and of course, parsley for the rabbits. 

Summer sparks the beginning of skirting fleeces for us. I hope to make a video so you can see the process from start to finish. Once those fleeces are cleaned and ready, we will take a field trip to our new mill next month. We’ll get to watch our wool enter and go through the mill. We will share a video of that too so you can see how our fiber is made into yarn and roving.

We added new yarn and roving to our store a few weeks ago and we'll add more roving over the upcoming weeks as well. 

Spring is busy on the farm!  If you have questions, reach out to us. Happy Summer! 
- Trey