Presenting Iris
Our new lamb, born this morning at 6:00am. She is a daughter of Swedish Sindarve Frodo, a great granddaughter of Swedish Grandby Mr Big. We are so happy that she and her dam are doing well. Iris is 97.65% Gotland … Read More
Winter Light
I love these cold white winter days, with no snow! My youngest son and I drive down the hill in the morning catching the first light of the promising sun. My winter routine at the barn is soothing, there is … Read More
Thanksgiving Reflections
Today again, in the beautiful Pacific Northwest we live in, we were gifted a radiant day! I keep putting the animals out to pasture, the girls, the lambs and the rams love to bask in the sun! Both Gilly and … Read More
Raw Fleece for Sale
Hello All, Appletree Farm has many lamb’s raw fleeces and other raw fleeces for sale from our late September shearing. They are clean and nice looking. Send us an e-mail if you are interested. They range from $8 (older sheep … Read More
We have 2 rams available
One proven ram, RCF Earl 95.3% Gotland, 3 1/2 years old, direct son of Swedish Granby Mr Big. He was a triplet. Very nice conformation, nice wool, easy to handle. the ewes we have bred to him the last 3 … Read More
Harvest Fair at The Spencer Creek Market this Saturday October 7th
We hope you can join us on Saturday for the Harvest Fair, it is the last market of 2017! I will team up with Rachel from Forest garden. We will have produce available as well as wool, garlic braids and … Read More
Loss on the farm
Sadly we lost Jack our Gotland cross wether, companion of our Ram Earl! He and Earl had been sharing a pasture and stall for the last 3 years, real buddies! Yet another reminder of the constant impermanence of life.
It is the time to think about Gotlands in 2018!
Fall is here! The weather has been amazing but the air is brisk! Today we pulled out the last of the tomatoe plants and with 3 bushels of tomatoes left to process I am starting to see an end to … Read More
Featured ewe: Galway
Galway was born in the spring of 2016. She is out of RCF Elsa (a Swedish Fattings Aron daughter) and RCF Earl (a Swedish Granby Mr Big son). Peter and I had to pull her out. Elsa was tired and … Read More
Featured ewe: Elsa
I feel compelled to share a thing or two about Elsa. Elsa came to us as a bottle fed lamb 3 and 1/2 years ago. She was a triplet and had fallen on the other side of the stall wall. … Read More