Sheep into Meat
In the freezer, labeled by name in addition to date and cut, so we can see how the taste varies. Adam the butcher came and helped us dispatch the lambs with care and respect. It was an educational and affecting event, and I’m really glad we did it this way instead of hauling them to […]
The Many Powers of Garlic
People may have been on to something when they hung garlic around their necks to ward off vampires. Turns out the pungently odiferous bulb repels a wide variety of pests. In researching a natural way to keep the sheep from harboring worms in their gut, one answer is to feed them garlic. I now cut […]
Sheepies lurking in the back of my mind
We took the insider’s tour at Stone Barns on Saturday. They have a rotational grazing system that uses sheep, and apparently the Finn Dorset breed (though not as good for fiber) thrives best on their grass. I don’t recall the 2 other breeds they tried first.
