Passing the title.

 

Strangely enough, the Indian Summer had me feeling like it was still August; while the workload of school, home projects and the farm brought me back to reality and all that comes with late fall.  The breeding pairs are just about finishing up their second cycles, which meant it was about time to say goodbye to Johnny, our founding ram here at Windy Knob.  He is quite the presence, his fleece and confirmation were both of the utmost quality, but his "it" factor (along with his 260 pound frame) left visitors saying "whoa" whenever they saw him for the first time.  There is nothing to be sad about, Johnny is going to continue his Kingdom on another farm.  His bloodline had been mixed throughout our farm now, and his "prince" George, leaves me confident in the future Corriedales here at the Knob.  Johnny you will always be the first ram, thanks to you bud.  And to think, if you told me three years ago I'd get attached to a sheep; I'd a said you were crazy. 

The farm continues to thrive.  As we speak, some fifty odd pounds of our fleeces are being washed and processed locally and spun into all varieties of yarn and the finest of white lambs roving.  We hope to have it back in time for Christmas, send an email if you'd like to be updated, or put in a reserve order today.   Our superior grass fed lamb was processed back in September and we sold out within a week! We just can't keep products around here these days.  There are far worse problems to have I suppose.  Honestly, we are humbled by how well things have gone for the farm and are quite proud to see the hard work pay off.  Of course I know our high quality products are the finest around.  It's just nice to know our customers think so too. 

If you are interested in raw fleeces we have two available from our fall shearings.  One is a true black fleece from Alaina, and the other in a beautiful Cinnamon Moorit fleece.  Please view our website at http://www.windyknobfarms.com/ for more information.