Marcia Haggie at Red Lion Farm

10/16/2025

About to load 12 beautiful Border Leicester . fleeces to go to New York Sheep and Wool Festival Fleece sale in Rhinebeck New York . Leaving tomorrow morning early . Can’t wait !! Great weather for the weekend !! #

09/13/2024

Turned out well . Soft yellow from Goldenrod flowers .

09/12/2024

Dying some farm yarn with Goldenrod flowers today . Used alum and cream of tarter as mordant .

08/03/2024

Drying some BL fleece that I dyed Sky Blue today . Going to use with peg loom and a small tapestry .

01/17/2023

What makes wool so cool?

Well, number one is: wool's properties are all natural. Breathability, odour-resistance, UV protection, elasticity and fire resistance ... All of these and more are part and parcel of the wool fibre, courtesy of Mother Nature.

We've studied how wool interacts with the human body, and discovered that wool can help us sleep better, can promote skin health, and improve indoor air quality.

Wool's unique construction plays a role here. Wool's outer layer, the cuticular scale, provides wool's characteristic handle, softness and drape, along with water and stain repellence and its ability to breathe.

Wool has been used in some of the most iconic fashions of our times. And for the future? Wool is already there. Wool has been worn on ISS missons and wool filtration materials are part of the emergency life support system of NASA's Orion spacecraft.

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08/20/2022

Halter training , day 3 .

08/14/2022

Picking up tonight our 4th load of Beautiful Orchard Grass Clover hay from a Great farmer near by .

07/15/2022

About to wean lambs , beautiful fleeces coming on !!! A few lambs going to MD state fair .

07/14/2022

A morning dove with chick on the roof of our chicken house amid a Magnolia branch . We Love our doves !

07/02/2022