Supplement Feed to Recover Your Ram
All serious sheep producers will have goals for the flock. Flock goals will determine how the flockmaster selects breeding rams. Breeding...
Sheep Shearing Season
The sheep shearing season is in full swing now. Kerry is traveling to shear sheep all over New Mexico and is busy every weekend. In...
Tips for Using the Drop Spindle
Using a drop spindle is a fun way to get started in the wide, wide world of hand spinning wool. The drop spindle is inexpensive to buy...
Fiber Animals on the Homestead: Make Your Own Clothes
In the quest for self-sufficiency, most of us recognize the value of growing our own food and we plant gardens and raise livestock for...
Craft Show Booth Design
We just attended the 2016 Heart of New Mexico Fiber Gathering, held this year at Wildlife West in Edgewood, NM. Although I am fairly...
Crochet Tutorial: Felted Mug Rug
Crochet is one of my very favorite things! Felting is another fun activity and today I'm combining both in a simple tutorial for a...
Why Shear Sheep?
Sometimes people question the need to shear sheep at all. Isn't it more humane to leave them be? A proper answer to the question begins...
Too Late to Shear Sheep? Not.
There could be any number of reasons why you may have missed getting the sheep sheared earlier this year. Perhaps there wasn't a good...
Help! My sheep is sick at the fair!
I came home late last night from judging indoor exhibits at our Santa Fe County fair. I love the fair and, since our children aged out of...
Using Herbal Moth Sachets
While perhaps not as powerful as the poisonous moth balls, herbs have traditionally been used to help protect wool from damage by fiber...
