Coming home

The sheep were ready to come back to the home pasture. I just opened the gate and they ran to the house, stopping along the way to eat a bite of grass. Jewell was not leading them as she is too old to venture far from her small pasture. But, she taught these girls well. I think she has passed the baton to Midnight. There is always a leader sheep and when the leader passes on usually one of her daughters becomes the new leader. Since her daughters are so young I think Midnight became the leader. With goats there is always a boss goat, she is usually mean and butts all the other does into submission. A lot of people that have goats want to get rid of the boss doe, got news for you, another doe will take her place. Maybe goats need a boss and sheep need a leader.
 

Cotton pickin time

Trying to stay ahead of the cotton pickers, cutting cotton branches, picking bolls and handpicking lint. They are running fast and a stalk mower is behind the pickers, so when it's picked it's mowed, it's gone.  The hand picked cotton is so much cleaner than the machine picked, machines pick leaves that crumble and cannot be removed. The handpicked cotton will be hand ginned, then handspun, then hand knitted. Sounds like a labor of love. But the end results are a world apart.
 

Thank ewe

A big thank ewe to all who came to SAFF and purchased wool and mohair from my flocks. SAFF sales buy our feed and hay that increase every year. There are fewer small fiber producers still trying to make it, breeding quality fiber animals. I hate to think of a world without it. And, a world without all the fiber lovers.

So, whoever your favorite fiber producer is, I hope you will support them with your purchases.