"Maybe you'd like to turn grass into high quality protein, while using proven methods to regenerate your land's fertility and not waste money, or your time and energy, but you don't know where to start to build a livestock plan that works. This is the book for you. Learn tips from a well-respected shepherdess as she tells you what sheep are really like. Learn how to make the best use of your land and to use guaranteed methods of reducing your feed...

"Sheep loves styling her full and fluffy wool. But when it grows too full and too fluffy, it covers her eyes, and then ... SPLAT! Luckily, it's shearing day! But Sheep doesn't want to give up her fabulous curls! Can Sheep Dog convince Sheep that a haircut is for the best?"--Inside front jacket flap.

A headstrong sheep rescues the flock when their shepherd is injured.

"An introduction to an animal's life on a farm for early readers. Find out what a sheep eats, where it lives, and what they are are like on a farm"--

Storey's Guide to Raising Sheep is the best-selling, most trusted reference for farmers and backyard homesteaders with any size flock. The fifth edition is now updated with full-color illustrations and photographs throughout, including a gallery of the best breed choices for both meat and fiber. With their small size and gentle dispositions, sheep are one of the easier livestock species to raise and offer varied marketing opportunities, including...

"It was Jane Cooper's passion for knitting that led her to search for rare-breed sheep and their distinctive wool. When she found a 'lost flock' of Boreray sheep--the UK's rarest breed of sheep--it ignited a quest that would ultimately change her life. Uprooting her suburban existence in Newcastle, she embarked on a new adventure as a farmer and shepherd in the faraway Orkney Islands. There, to her astonishment, Jane realized she was the sole custodian...

"She who loves and runs away, lives to love another day" was Jacy Tiernan's credo. Only this fair-haired beauty had never loved again after Ian Yarbro. Ten years ago, she had fled her beloved Australian homestead with a shattered soul. Ian, the rugged sheep rancher who'd awakened her young heart to the most exquisite pleasures, had sired the child of another woman. Unable to forgive him, Jacy ran off to New York to live with her wealthy divorced mother,...

The author sets out to make a sweater from scratch--shearing, spinning, dyeing wool--and in the process discovers how we find our deepest selves through craft.