Yesterday our Soay flock increased in size with the arrival of one set of triplets and 3 sets of twins. It is fascinating to see the colour variation on the lambs with one lamb having an almost identical pattern to the mother. Cows have also begun to graze our pastures at Haywood, Coalport. A key objective for the Trust was to grow and use local produce so that our land was being managed as sustainably as possible using traditional methods. To date this has included timber (including to build and heat our award winning sustainable offices with walls insulated with sheep’s wool) for our cleft fences and gateposts and used by local schools, Soay meat, venison, hay, haleage and green hay used throughout north Shropshire for wildflower meadow restoration. We are therefore pleased to have been contacted by the Natural Fibre Company from Cornwall (who have a great website that includes lots of useful information on sheep management and breeds) who are interested in buying our Soay fleece and we will be training our local lookerer volunteer shepherds in how to shear them soon. So it is great to know that the Soays are a key part of managing our wildflower meadows (the hay from which has been bought by a local farmer) and now the fleece will be turned into fibres, and some fleece is being spun by local people.
Archives
- August 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- December 2016
- October 2016
- June 2016
- March 2016
- February 2016
- December 2015
- October 2015
- August 2015
- July 2015
- June 2015
- May 2015
- April 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- October 2013
- September 2013