Come walk in the footsteps of a shepherd with this year long opportunity to get to know the sheep and have a closer connection to the cycle of shepherding.  We start each cohort in the Spring when the lambs arrive and end the following year at the same time.  Over the course of the year you will come to the farm on 7 different occasions which include: lambing, early spring pasture walk, midsummer celebration learning about fleece grading and skirting,  late summer lamb evaluation and an afternoon of washing wool, fall herd evaluation, spring shearing day in 2027 and individual appointments for wool processing in 2027.
 
Each shepherd in training will have the opportunity to get to know the flock!  Through out the season you will get to watch all the fleeces grow and the lambs progress through all of their growing stages.  You will learn how to skirt wool, wash wool, grade fleeces, and how fleeces are processed in our mill.  As a shepherd in training you will have the opportunity to step into our shoes and understand how we evaluate our flock throughout the seasons, the importance of feed and minerals, and the land that we nurture.  The goal of the adventure is to have a deeper experience into the process of a garment from the beginning to the harvest of the fiber.  What you will experience and create will last a lifetime.  SO... Grab your farm clothes and come along with us as we prepare to spend a year with the sheep!  
 
Sheep that we raise here on the property include: Fine Fleece Shetland, Icelandic (3 ewes), BFL Cross (2 ewes, 1 ram) Dairy Cross (2 ewes), Shetland/Cormo (4 ewes).  Our lambs this season will have a cross of BFL/Shetland.
 
April 25, 2026- 1pm Lamb Introductions
May  30, 2026- 1pm Spring Pasture Evaluations
July 19, 2026- 3pm Midsummer Celebration, pasture walk, fleece grading and skirting class
August 30, 2026- Late Summer Pasture walk, washing class
October 4, 2026- 1pm Final Herd Evaluation for Winter
Spring Shearing 2027- Dates to be determined closer to shearing and lambing
Individual Appointments will be made to produce your fleeces into roving after shearing and washing is complete.
 
This set price includes all of the set dates in this description along with your choice of fleece at our 2027 shearing date.  At our two summer classes you will be given paper instructions at each class to take home and keep for your own fleece processing next spring.  Along with the paper handouts you will also be given a bottle of Unicorn Power Scour for your fleece that is also included in this price.  Please note that if severe weather is predicted for any of these dates that we will be rescheduling.
 
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