Madeleines

I have been wanting to share this with you all for a long time. It is about a simple pleasure in life. A gourmet experience, except that nobody would ever call it gourmet really. This is about a little cake, … Read More

Artificial Insemination with Gotland Sheep

The benefits of artificial insemination: Gotland sheep are not native to the US. Through the GSBANA, There are 10 recognized breeds of sheep that breeders can use to cross with and up-breed their Gotland flock. At Appletree Farm, 2019 will … Read More

Running a micro farm in the Pacific Northwest, Part 2

Running a micro-farm, Part 2 From February through September, it is endless rotations of seeding, planting, harvesting, cleaning, re-seeding, re-planting, re-harvesting, re-cleaning, interspaced with fertilizing, watering, loving! The work never ends is seems. In September, here in Oregon, we are … Read More

Why do we keep a teaser ram?

This year we are going to use a teaser ram to try and increase our success rate with Artificial Insemination. A teaser ram is a normal ram which has been vasectomised. Teaser rams work by inducing a hormonal response in … Read More

Felted bars of soap

There is a little gift that is always nice to give and receive. It is one of these useful givings that is made right here in your community. It supports your soap maker, it supports your shepherd, it supports the … Read More

Growing my flock

I am writing this Blog partly to compile my thoughts, partly in response to a Blog Post that my shepherd friend Kim Goodling wrote last week. Work on our small farm is beautiful, fulfilling, keeps us fit and healthy, it … Read More

2019 Lamb sweetness

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

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