The Kerry Hill Cross and Hebridean are lovely and soft, and the Boreray is coarser but will be great for outerwear!
The Kerry Hill Cross is a gorgeous cream colour, the Hebridean a deep black with very pretty grey specks, and the Boreray a light grey.
Three skeins of yarn, one cream, one black, and one grey. The cream is Kerry Hill cross, black Hebridean, and Grey Boreray.
Our yarn is back from the mill !!
Lots of 100g skeins of Kerry Hill cross, Hebridean, and Boreray yarns from our lovely sheep. So pleased with them!
#yarn #rarebreedsheep #fleeceflock #britishwool #fibrefarm
A group of Boreray sheep standing in snow under an oak tree
A small boreray sheep ram walking through snow up to his belly
A view over snow covered hills in midwales, with bare trees and small patches of woodland and clouds skies
We've had a lot of snow here on the farm in Wales overnight courtesy of Storm Goretti. The sheep have had their food and access to in field shelters or the barns. As hardy native breeds they're pretty sensible in bad weather, but the shelter gives us a bit more peace of mind!
#ukweather
A field of sheep in the snow, with a wintery oak tree and the sun just visible through falling snow
a herdwick sheep standing in the falling snow
four hebridean sheep standing in the falling snow, in front of an old hedgerow of trees
a view over rolling hills covered in snow, with some forestry
Lots of snow here in our little corner of Mid Wales today - the sheep are keeping cosy with their fleeces
#uksnow #wales
A brown Boreray sheep grazing below a line of hedgerow trees
Some Boreray sheep standing in front on an old oak tree that sits in part of a hedgerow
This #treeweek we'll be planting willow, alder, and crab apples in existing hedgerows and in the middle of some fields. These will grow to provide shelter from bad weather and sun and an extra food source for both our sheep and the wildlife that lives here with us.
A hawthorn tree in a hedgerow smothered in red berries
Silhouettes of two sheep standing under trees - one is eating grass, and the other browsing on the trees
As well as benefitting the environment through carbon sequestration and shelter and food for wildlife, they're also great at providing shelter and food for the sheep!
A view over the farm buildings with trees in the distance in the valley during a hazy sunset
Tree week celebrates all things trees, and marks the start of the tree planting season here in the UK. We're lucky to have lots of trees on our small farm - some (very!) old and others we have planted in the last few years. Some form parts of hedgerows and field margins, and others small woodland.
A Hebridean sheep stands in green oak woods. Text reads "it's tree week!"
It's tree week here in the UK this week, and I've been thinking about how trees fit here on the farm with us. I'll be spending my day outside planting some willow, alder, and crab apple in the fields on the farm.
Sounds like a good excuse to start another project! I love the leaf pattern
These look lovely!
I spent a few days at Groundswell the other week (with both PhD and farming hats on), mostly listening and talking about trees! I have written a little about what I got out of it on the farm blog :)
#regenerativefarming #Groundswell2025
sweetpeasandsheep.wordpress.com/2025/07/06/g...
It's Earth Day today! I've written a little bit on the farm blog about what that means for me.
sweetpeasandsheep.wordpress.com/2025/04/22/e...
It was nice to see some up there - and they certainly didn't seem to mind the negative wind chill! That hardy native breed advantage making itself clear. Though by the looks of it she had missed shearing last year, so perhaps extra warm...
A white sheep, a Welsh Mountain ewe, stands amongst heather with the Cadair mountain range in the background
A lovely Welsh Mountain ewe I met near the summit of Tarrenhendre is British Wools sheep of the week over on instagram - so I thought she'd earnt a spot here too. #sheep #defaid
