Remember this popular crime fighting show from the 60’s? The grooviest gang of fuzz that ever wore a badge?
We have our own trio very much like the Mod Squad: 
So we would like to re-introduce you to our coopworth cross triplets: (left to right) Julie, Linc, and Pete. (Obviously very tired from all the recent excitement) 
photo courtesy of www.chezgrae.com Solid.
We have two more sets of colored twins. These are both fathered by Poseidon. 
The mom’s are Fiona and her niece Nuala two more of our Coopworth X Blue-faced Leicester ewes from Deer Run Sheep Farm. 
We are really excited that they each had 1 ram and 1 ewe. Two more possible stud rams for a special spinner’s flock, and 2 ewes for us to keep. 
It is going to be fun to watch what develops from the Wensleydale influence on the BFL. Should be some more very uniquely pretty and soft colored fleeces.
The triplets ‘moved on up’ to their ‘delux apartment’ and graduated from their warm coats. They now have about 3 times the space and better access to hay and sunshine but are still in the barn where we can make sure they and their momma are getting enough to eat. 
All three are thriving. The little ewe 
The black ram 
And the white ram 
It sure is fun to watch them enjoying their new space. In other news . . . Five new lambs so far today!
It was a very eventful day here at Sheeps and Peeps. In fact it was so busy that we didn’t get a chance to take many pictures. One ewe delivered last evening and four today adding six more lambs to the flock – 3 ewes, 3 rams. One of the very few pics that was taken is shown above: Blackberry, our Cotswald X Border Leicester ewe with her twins. We always eagerly await for her lambs and are never disappointed. She has given us lambs with beautiful wool when bred with Hercules, our Wensleydale X Coopworth ram. 
In fact, we still have her first ram lamb and we use him to produce more lambs with beautiful fleeces: Poseidon 
Poseidon’s fleece 
Poseidon and Blackberry have given us two ewe lambs: Cassidy 
And Siar 
So of course we were very excited when she had two more black lambs this year that we will be watching closely as they grow. One is a ram who should be an excellent stud for someone’s spinner flock, the other a ewe that we will undoubtedly keep in our flock for her fleece and future lambs. More pictures to follow of the rest of the lambs born today and of the triplets who graduated into a bigger pen.
We have been patiently waiting for Hera to deliver. She has looked miserable for weeks. There had been speculations that maybe there would be triplets on the way. She is a triplet herself that we purchased as a yearling, along with her sister Athena, from Joe and Betsy at Quaking Maples Farm . Actually she has looked huge each year and triplets had been quietly whispered in closed circles in previous years. Finally this evening it was time: 
Three beautiful healthy lambs. And what a wonderful variety: one white ram, one black ram, and one white ewe.
We are ignoring the snowfall today (unless it brings Hera’s long awaited lambs) and bringing you a much more pleasant sight.
Here is our granddaughter/great-niece visiting the barn on a warmer, sunnier and all around more spring-like day.
A beautiful, very early Sunday morning… let’s join Raven on a long explore.
This little spring-fed brook is one of our favorite secret places.
It is particularly lovely in the early morning sunlight.
Our little, shallow spring-fed brook is lined with moss covered stones.
Ok, this is our real destination, we were really coming to check on the Ramp (Allium tricoccum Aiton) patch! Here in the West Virginia hills, spring is Ramp season. Since they are one of the first plants to emerge in the spring, they are traditionally eaten as the first greens of the season. It is believed that Native Americans taught settlers to eat this wild leek as a spring tonic. Ramps are high in vitamins C and A, helpful minerals and reduce cholestrol, so the folk medicine reputation is well deserved. They are very strong and spicy so they also do a good job of keeping the ‘Non-Ramp Eaters’ at a distance.
We anxiously wait each year for this – coltsfoot blooming by the roadside. This is the first wildflower that appears in our neck of the woods. It is a very welcome sight at the end of what is almost always a long winter.
Another sure fire sign of spring is that our stylish barn footwear has gone from this
