by Dick | Apr 1, 2010 | Bed & Breakfast, Fleeces & Wool, Gallery, Whitefish Bay Farm |
An event that is always intertwined with the birth of lambs at Whitefish Bay Farm is our annual fleece sale. We shear the sheep just prior to the beginning of lambing. We then spend the time in between shearing and lambing preparing the fleeces for sale. By the time... by Dick | Oct 17, 2009 | Fiber Projects, Gallery, Sheep, What's New, Whitefish Bay Farm |
It has been three weeks since my return from Denmark. Since Nanoo Nanoo has stolen my thunder and already touched on what she thinks I think were the highlights of that journey, I will not try to elaborate further. I will only add that it is always special to be able... by Dick | Sep 14, 2009 | Farm, Fiber Projects, Gallery, Sheep, Whitefish Bay Farm |
The seasons are definitely beginning to show signs of changing at Whitefish Bay Farm. There are touches of reds and yellows already appearing in the sugar maples. After bountiful and very timely rains in August, September has remained sunny every day, save for dense... by Dick | Jun 14, 2009 | Bed & Breakfast, Farm, Fiber Projects, Gallery, Sheep, What's New, Whitefish Bay Farm |
It is now the middle of June and we finally seem to have passed the threshold into more summer-like weather. Our apple trees are dropping their blossom petals after retaining them for a wonderfully long period. It has been an extended and beautiful show for them.... by Dick | Apr 29, 2009 | Bed & Breakfast, Fleeces & Wool, Gallery, Sheep, Whitefish Bay Farm |
The thermometer certainly does not want to convince us that it is spring yet. Nonetheless, the pace has quickened like it always seems to when we hit spring. Lambing was finished a month and a day after it began. On the 10th of April Ursa Bear delivered a single ewe... by Dick | Apr 4, 2009 | Farm, Gallery, Sheep, What's New, Whitefish Bay Farm |
It had been my hope to post an update to the Ewe Turn about once a week throughout the four plus weeks of lambing. I managed to attain that goal just once. The second and third weeks have already passed and we are working feverishly to make it into the heart of the... 