Mellie

Mellie loves her mom and there is no doubt that Mellie is a special sheep, a unique ew. However, sometimes she goes above and beyond to prove it, such as this morning...

After some hard work outside this gorgeous morning, I came back into the house ... and apparently was followed by Mellie who was loose with the other babydolls to enjoy all the green from the recent rain.

Look at her. You can almost hear her thoughts: 'Hello? Helloooo?? I know you walked in there!' as she moves along the front porch from the front door to the large windows. I called Jen over as soon as I noticed to get some pictures of this silly sheep! Who was so persistent that she did not leave the front porch until I headed back out.

A Good Day

Yesterday was what my mom keeps referring to as "a good day" and I believe she's completely right with that. So, to keep things simple, that's what I've entitled this post.


While a few of us were cooking there were much more serious things getting done ... like throwing apple skins at the chickens! That's exactly what my cousin Corinne's son, little B, is up to in this photo. My Uncle Dick's whole family came over and we all made dinner together. It was wonderful! Little B skinned apples (for apple sauce) and some potatoes and then got to take the scraps out for the chickens. This was also after we fed them some very yummy watermelon - no exactly in season, but the chickens love it and so little B loved giving it to them. The day continued on with good food, good company and fun beers to try thanks to my cousin Gretchen's fiance, Ray. Below are a collection of photos from the night...

Michelle's boyfriend, Steve, does some serious reading with little B
Little B looks on as the chickens enjoy their watermelon snack


Ris and Danny look on as little B peels apples and Ray offers some yummy banana bread beer

Mom's Uncle John (my great-uncle), dad's brother Uncle Dick and Dad at the table ... ok, I caught them mid-passing food, but it's a GREAT photo!

It truly was a wonderful, wonderful time filled with wonderful memories - a good day...

Bob's New Home

Recently, my parents wrangled up Bob and sent him off to a new home. During a conversation with one of the wonderful vet techs, Kim, at Dr. Mac's it was discussed that she was looking for a goat to be a pasture pal for her horse. Now, obviously, Bob is no goat (goats creep me out!!!!!), but he's one awesome little buddy! With my mom considering condensing the farm to be more manageable for just her to handle (my dad is just going to continue to get worse), she suggested Bob. Our other sheep are all "marketable" for breeding, but Bob's been "cut" and aside from being a companion pet, most people would probably just consider him lamb chops (I can't even think of any of them like that!!!).

So, off Bob went to his new home for a "trial" run and they love him (of course!). Kim was nice enough to send me some photos on the first day they let him loose in their giant field. Look how happy he looks munching away! :) Think I can post this all on my "rescue" blog too??? I mean, technically he was saved and rehomed. Hmmm...

Good luck, Bob. I love you!

A walk in the woods

I went for a walk around the property today while I had the place to myself. There's still so much blooming and though the sky was cloudy, I got a nice little adventure squeezed into the afternoon...

Lots and lots of veggies on the front porch ... including our giant zucchini

My roses are blooming again! They're not as pretty as they used to be (I'm guessing cross pollination has made them more pink than the purple/blue they used to be), but I still love them.

Look what I found: apples!

A pumpkin!

What a beautiful sunflower :)

Everything's in bloom

Had to add some photos to make you all envious of what's going on at the farm. Everything is so beautiful right now. Check it out...

Produce/Farm Stand

Everything's in bloom at the farm! It's beautiful! With our seeds from last year blooming and a few new gardens turned over and planted in, the whole property is looking very active right now. We even recently got new baby hens in order to produce more of our wonderful eggs which are being bought and appreciated by friends now. If you note the photo above, you'll see that with all this wonderful production we have decided to open up a produce stand at some point in the near future. The date keeps getting pushed back right now due to all the adjustments in our family.

The detailing of the sign was done by mt best friend Ali and me who wanted to really show off everything my mom has in mind for our farm stand - lots of variety! Vegetables, fruit, our own fresh eggs and hopefully some honey too. Obviously, we are not producing all these things on our own farm, but there are lots of wonderful orchards around us, other small scale farmers and a honey farm (which is why we're considering selling honey as well). We have a lot of our own things to sell as well too: tomatoes, snap peas, zucchini and our own brown eggs from our chickens. We are hoping to bring in other business too - like possibly boarding a horse or two and maybe finding a new home for some of our sheep.

Though our farm stand is put together physically (thanks to Doug and our family friend, Joe) and we've put feelers out on where we can buy produce in bulk to resell, we just haven't gotten our act together to actually open our stand. We're having too much fun wandering around to see what's blooming and picking stuff off the vine to enjoy like strawberries and snap peas right now. More information will be posted here when we've got it.

Those wonderful, fuzzy, always smiling faces ~ how can you resist!

Wesh Farm is a small, family farm located in Southern New Jersey. Currently, we are loving and raising white and black Babydoll Sheep, all registered with Robert Mock registry, "The Original Babydoll Southdown Sheep Registry". Mr. Mock was the founder of the Southdown babydoll Registry, thus named The Mock Registry. This registry has been in existence for 17 years as of Sept 2008.



Our sheep are checked on a regular basis by a veterinarian and health is always our foremost concern! All of our sheep live in a clean & loving environment. Our family is dedicated to raising healthy miniature Babydolls with friendly personalities.



Why might someone want Babydoll sheep? They're just so hard to resist! They're quite small compared to most farm animals and pets. They're also docile and funny little creatures - countless laughs have been had by our family watching our sheep run around and the little lambs leap about. Though we are yet to spin any of ours, their wool is in the same fiber class as cashmere! Are you interested in "greening" your garden habits or starting an organic farm? Babydoll sheep are wonderful grass trimmers and their small size allows them to fit in on just about any acreage. Babydoll sheep make wonderful pets and are a great addition to any farm.



Our lambs are due in the spring of each year should you be interested in adding Babydoll sheep to your family as well.

Those wonderful, fuzzy, always smiling faces ~ how can you resist!

Wesh Farm is a small, family farm located in Southern New Jersey. Currently, we are loving and raising white and black Babydoll Sheep, all registered with Robert Mock registry, "The Original Babydoll Southdown Sheep Registry". Mr. Mock was the founder of the Southdown babydoll Registry, thus named The Mock Registry. This registry has been in existence for 17 years as of Sept 2008.