We are now offering our sheep milk soap, small gifts, and wool in our new Etsy store!
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Episode number 4 of Whattheflock! has been published: LGD's: We couldn't do it without them.
Check out my new Podcast on Apple Podcast! I'm telling stories of farm life with sheep. There are 2 episodes uploaded, each about 15 min., and I plan on biweekly additions. I've got 5 stories so far. Please subscribe! I've also included a podcast page on this website.
We are in full farmer's market swing. Friday's we will be at the Sevierville Farmer's Market from 9 to 1. Saturdays we will be at the Gatlinburg Farmer's Market from 8:30 to 12:00. We have grass fed lamb, chicken, and free range eggs. I also have several varieties of sheep milk soap.
Yesterday, we were visited by a new local, Seymourian even, farm and food blogger, Laura Martin. Here is the link to the article she has written. Check it out!
http://tnfoodandfarm.com/lambing-season-at-arcadia-farm/
I usually HATE January and February. It's cold, cloudy, and cut short on daylight. I'm not keen on March either, but at least it's not the first two months of the year. However, this year we timed lambing for mid-December to mid-January. Of course the sheep don't keep calendars and didn't begin lambing until late December keeping me on my toes until this past week. Barring mayhem and catastrophe (which is probable on any given day on the farm) we'll have 20 lambs available this spring!
In addition I have begun making soap. After a few trial runs it seems to be a hit! The plan is to get some really good recipes using what's available on the farm. We acquired an Icelandic/ East Frisian ewe who will be lambing in March and providing us with some fresh milk. We will be expanding the bee hive which should provide us with honey for the soap, too. If there is a soap you really like and can't find, I'd like to know. Use the contacts page to message me. I always answer within 24 hours (I've got one of those off farm jobs as well.) Only two more days in January!  The lambing season began about 2 weeks ago. Currently we have 12 new lambs! We are trying a new system this year to keep track of who belongs to who. The green numbers are the tag numbers of the lambs' mothers. Hopefully, I'll be able to keep a better record of which ewe had girls, boys, and how many.
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