I am a mother, a teacher and a shepherd. I cannot stress enough how much our children are an integral part of our farm. Certainly they were part of the inspiration and they continue to help in more ways than I … Read More
Our lambing season is over. Overall it had pretty significant challenges that taught us a few things, kept us late at night looking for some answers to problems, pushed us to network with more people, reminded us that raising sheep … Read More
I grew up in the South West of France in a small town called Aiguillon. I grew up on a farm. My father is a farmer, my brother is a farmer, my grandparents are farmers. Farming runs in our blood! … Read More
Appletree Farm is a small farm in the Willamette Valley in the heart of wine country. Our animals graze about 7 acres of pasture, that is slowly being improved but that is definitely far from being optimal as I am … Read More
RCF Elsa was one of our first Gotlands. She came to us as a bottle fed lamb, As a triplet, she had fallen out of sight right after birth and had a limp that, the veterinarian had said, would go … Read More
I don’t know about you, but when I love something that nurtures me, I think about it all the time! This farm we are gifted with is one of my great loves. To a fault sometimes I constantly think about … Read More
Come and see us on the farm and reserve your 2019 lambs!
We have had a busy start to the summer getting lambs ready for the Black Sheep Gathering, putting a lot of produce in CSA boxes, taking kiddos to the local pool and to the climbing gym, processing and making food … Read More