Pre-Shearing Sneak Peek!

 Shearing day at Grace Valley Farms is fast approaching. The ewes, rams, and wethers at our farm are busily growing wool. Shearing is scheduled for February 1st and 2nd. We plan to have 82 coated Romney and Romney-cross fleeces available! Here are some of the colors of wool we will have available: white;  cream;  silver;  light, medium and dark gray;  variegated grays;  charcoal;   charcoal-brown;  dark charcoal;  and nearly black.

Below are pictures of a few fleeces that are still growing.

 Elsie

 Elizabeth

 Frappuccino

 Felicity

Daisy
(Daisy's 2012 fleece won Overall Reserve Grand Champion at the Iowa State Fair)

A Beautiful Sunset

Over the past couple weeks, we have been blessed with beautiful sunsets. This is a view from our farm.

O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed his grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea! 

-Katharine Lee Bates

One Snowy Morning ...

This weekend, a major winter storm hit our area. We received almost 6-inches of snow and the temperatures dropped below zero. When we came out to feed the sheep in the morning, we found many of them covered in fresh snow! Although we have provided shelter for the sheep to sleep in, most of them chose to sleep outside in the snow. Their thick wool coats shielded them from the cold, wind, and snow.  They presented comical appearances for us!

Dora

 Blossom

 Bluebell smiles for the photographer

 Clover

 Hannah, Dove, Filly, and Evelyn spent some of the night under shelter

 DonnaLisa's bangs are iced up

 Dinah

 Caramel

 Farah

Doris seems to be asking a question.

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from the folks at Grace Valley Farms!

The sheep at the farm send their greetings! 

Elsie

Faraday

Fawn

 Elizabeth

May you be blessed as you rejoice in the birth of Jesus, our Savior! 

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. - Isaiah 9:6

Winter Wonderland!

This past weekend we had another snowstorm blow through our area. 

 The temperatures dipped to -10 degrees one night! The sheep were not cold as they stayed nice and warm in their long wool coats!

When the temperatures drop and the snow covers our pastures, we supplement the energy needs of our sheep by feeding extra hay. Since it was below freezing for a few days, we added alfalfa hay to their diets. Alfalfa is a good source of protein and it is also loaded with vitamins and minerals.

Fiber Monday Sale!

Grace Valley Farms is hosting a Fiber Monday sale!  Today only, all Romney roving is on sale at 25% off!  This special pricing will only be effective on orders placed Monday, November 26^th. See special pricing below:

Charcoal Romney Roving - very low VM content.  Regular Price = $2.00 per ounce.   Fiber Monday SALE price =  $1.50 per ounce   

 The price above does not include shipping (shipping is in addition to the sale price).  Availability is on first-come basis.

Hello From the Big Boys!

Breeding season is over at Grace Valley Farms. The big boys, Jack and Edison have done their duties and now they get to relax until next fall! 

 Edison had 11 ewes to breed this year.

Jack had 35 ewes in his group and Edgar (not pictured) had 18 girls.

We are anticipating a large number of new lambs next year! The first ewe is due to deliver on February 9, 2013.

BueLingo Cattle

 Our little herd of BueLingo cattle is growing! This fall we added 6 more members (4 cows and 2 steers). 

 

 Olive, one of our heifers.

Three of our heifers are expecting calves. We are looking forward to the arrival of the little ones next spring!

Autumn in Montana

 We have had a beautiful fall here in central Montana! The tree leaves have been yellow for a couple of weeks and the temperatures are just perfect! The sheep have been enjoying the nice weather too! Here are a few pictures of our sheep relaxing on a beautiful autumn evening.

 Flora

Emily and Jack

Carolyn

 Farley

 Charity and Jack

 Murphy, the guard llama.

 Elizabeth, Daisy, Frito, and Clarabelle.

Carolyn and Dora

Elizabeth and Clarabelle

Eliza Jane and Clover

Almost every night we have been enjoying beautiful sunsets!

To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. - Eccl. 3:1