I haven’t written much about Homer here before for a couple of reasons. For starters, I wasn’t completely sure that he was going to live for very long. You see, Homer is the Jacob ram that came along with Marge and is Lisa’s father. He had some….. issues. Namely, one of his horns was growing …
I feel like I need to catch up on a few odds and ends at this point. So, to start; Charlotte is still heavy with lamb. She is, however, starting to bag-up (her udders are getting large) significantly so I am hopeful that we won’t have to wait until May 31st for the arrival of …
Yesterday was a long day that actually started the night before. Well, if I’m being completely honest, it started last year at the Wisconsin Sheep and Wool Festival. David Kier, a professional shearer, was there doing demos and my friend Kendra started talking to him. It is not an unusual thing for Kendra to start …
I finally finished washing a very large Jacob fleece that I got a couple of years ago (hangs head knowing that I should have washed them when I got them). It wasn’t that difficult to wash, just that there was a LOT of it. Most of the Jacob sheep that I have “met” have been …
Sarah Jane Humke 