My favorite thing about the barn itself are the windows through which the shepherd can watch the flock. As a spinner and knitter, however, I am very intrigued regarding the wool. Dorset wool is durable and elastic - great for socks!

I like the ceiling and insulation part cuz I’m sure it helps keep the auto water bowls flowing in winter for the most part. This is a big plus. Individual water shut offs are smart too. Barn plans allowing for extra lounge, wash-up, bathroom, desk, and warm viewing areas are really smart and will be well used. I’m sure Sandi wished she had planned these areas in her barn. Live and learn. (We sheep farm in western Canada). Winter is always a headache! Wish we farmed in southern Ontario. Some yrs we’re really lucky to get 2 cuts of hay.

Wow!!! I'm loving the barn loft!!! I want one, don't you?! Imagine being able to camp out comfortably, drinking your coffee, doing your paperwork, editing and all that jazz, and be able to see your sheep with ease of access, especially during bad weather and hectic lambing days!!! This would be a great upgrade for you Sandi!!!

What an awesome video. I love to see younger farmers who are making it happen. Also the innovative ways to generate cash flow. While all farming is similar, each farm is different in the way it's managed . Farming is not only a business it's a lifestyle . Great job. God Bless.

We have Cows, chickens and horses but never raised sheep. Thank you for giving me a window into your life and for inspiring me to keep making videos too.

I’m blown away, that farm is magnificent. The wool aspect was so cool as well. Your farm and theirs as well are very inspiring.

What a lovely couple,so enjoyed hearing how they have progressed over time.x

I've been following you, Sandi for about 2 yrs. But this morning is the first time this video popped up. I really enjoyed watching how others 'do' it.🤭 Am guessing they don't do planting etc for their feed...which allows her husband to be more involved & doesn't distract her from the barn so much. Thrilling that the kids are growing up with vested interest in the process, too. Will be repeating the watch to see what I've missed on the first go-round.👍

You all are good farmers you have a beautiful barn for your 🐑 sheep and baby lambs

What a lovely family and farm! The yarn and colors are beautiful, as is that barn set-up. Thanks for the interview, extremely interesting.

Sandi, thanks for showing us this alternative. Really enlightening. And here I thought you were the only passionate sheep farmer. 🙄 😁 Nice to see another wonderful couple who support each other. Those wool colours Romy is getting are to die for. 👍

awesome. love it how you go around showing other farms. you are encouraging fellow farmers and i hope you definitely are exchanging ideas and experiences to improve yourselves and what you do.

Thank you so much for showing us you business. It’s a year later or so, I hope you and Sandi do another video as follow up.

I love that she is working with her own wool to make yarn. Wool is my favorite fiber to knit with.

I love how clean and organized it is! I also really like the yarning stuff she has made! Super cool!

So neat! I love the simple way they are using what they grow.

😍😍😍 Knitter and spinner here, I LOVE what she is doing with the fiber. Your channel is amazing, I love what you do and your personality. Thank you for sharing❤❤

Favorite thing is the square footage and the custom gates/panels. Would love that much space and I like how they combined highlights of different panel systems to create their own.

Thank you for showing your friends' barn, sheep, & wool business. I enjoy your work, but I also like the fact you show and enjoy other peoples' ideas.

Lovely. The wool part was interesting. Long before I met him my husband had learned to spin wool, dye wool and weave wool. He also can knit and crochet. We have a large piece that he wove hanging in our stair well much like the pink plaid that was on the show. So neat to see the pieces of the puzzle put together!

I'd just love living there ! I'd have a sofa at that window and I'd sit watching the sheep while knitting with all that beautiful wool. Its really a pleasure to see a set up like this

Loved this one!!! I really like that they're trying to do things a natural way. Great farm!

Im not a sheep farmer or grain farmer but watching these videos are very informative and entertaining. Seeing different farms and families shows nice variations. Kids with arm full of lambs is always a treat. Hope the add on wool production idea exceeds the expectations!!

What a wonderful set up for using the complete income from the sheep to the end user

Thanks for the tour Romy and Ryan & Family. Great video and I am fascinated by that water system!

Wow! now that was an awesome tour! Gonna have to go check out some of the yarn for sure. Thanks for taking us along on this tour.

That loft reminds me of my friends first job after college. They had a window overlooking the breeding horses that they were supposed to watch but they never looked at it!

Great to see another way of doing things. Thanx Sandi for sharing and taking the time.

Oh where do I start? This vlog is just brilliant. Great to see another sheep setup in a similar locality working the same type of business model but tweaked to the interests of the grower and types of sheep. I am partial to Dorset’s as we grew them but they are solid units! Just love the barn. The white ceiling is so helpful re light quality and the little room upstairs is amazing. Able to be kept warm but with great vision. As for the value added business with the dyed wool. Such colours! Makes your fingers itch. I helped a friend dye and spin wool for a 15 m hall runner she wove. There is a lot of work involved getting the wool to this stage. Great video Sandi promoting the industry. Those silos are massive.

Loved this video! Thanks for sharing their farm with us it was so interesting, especially about the fleece, yarn, and how many things they make!

I will be getting some wool for felting and some yarn for crocheting.. I'm going to share her store in all my crochet groups.. they LOVE LOVE LOVE home dyed wool..

Wow!!!!!!!!!! That is so amazing. A fantastic operation. I was unaware that there was anyone in Canada that did anything with the wool from their sheep other than send it off to the UK. I know in Winnipeg there are 2 small dealers of real wool and custom wool products but to my belief they obtain their stock from either the USA or the UK. God Bless Joe

Loved your interview skills. You knew exactly what we’d want to know and asked explanations for things you knew we wouldn’t know about. Loved it, thank you. A beautiful barn setup for sure 👍❤️❤️❤️

Thanks for sharing this farm. Amazing how she uses the wool and the colors she gets. Beautiful farm!

Beautiful big barn and beautiful baby lambs

This was amazing!! I'm a yarn/textile crafter in the US & have enjoyed getting closer & closer to the sources of my crafts.

I love your channel! My Grandma raised a few sheep for wool. She then cleaned, spun with her spinning wheel, and dyed the yarn using plants, bugs, etc. which we wore the hats, scarves, sweaters, etc. that she made us. I always loved when she got a new lamb and it was too cold in the barn for the baby lamb and we would come visit to find a lamb in a box in the kitchen. ♥️ 🐑

Nice to see a young couple and kids running in the barn. Kinda interesting how they repurposed the chicken layer that's a tremendous idea

What a happy surprise when their story moved to the WOOL! As a self taught hand spinner processing 2-3 fleece a year now from start to finish - including some dyeing) what a joy to see the wool benefiting the farmer instead of commercial wool pool paying pennies. Good luck! (Next stop is their website ... )

Yay for local wool movement I love it!

I have always found "Value Added" products of farming fascinating. Great tour!

Thank you for thorough job explaining, your passion comes out all of your postings. Thank you

Very good video.. I like how farmers come together and share ,and show there operation !!! Thanks

Wow thanks for taking us to visit your friends farm. Really like all the work she has done with there wool 🎉 there farm in the barn is mich same

Great new video Sandi thanks for showing us this amazing sheep barn

Sandi, thanks so much for sharing this. As a hog and crop producer I am always interested in other types of livestock farming and found this fascinating (as well as your operation). Really enjoy following your families farming activities.

This was great! Its wonderful to watch you as your videos come out but to also see other do the same is awesome! In different ways! So cool. And I gotta say I'm digging the wool stuff too! Thanks for sharing all this.

WOW!! Thanks, that was Terrific!! I love what they are doing with their wool. Definitely going to check out their website!! 4/16/22

My family is from Alberta and we are currently at about 2700 sheep, we are primarily lamb producers but we also have a wool depot on the side. We started about 9 years ago. Also, in the first barn, we built we had a loft too

Wow that farm is amazing love that she has so many option with her yard, so wonderful

What a lovely couple,so informative.

Still,, I like ur barn and the way u engage urself with all the sheep chores.

This is such a neat video :) I love that they sell the wool and yarn and that she dyes it with plants. Thanks for this video.

Kids + baby lambs = cuteness overload

My grandfather and uncle have farmed originally Dorset horn sheep, but now all poll Dorset’s for many tears now. Mostly for fat lambs to sell, but also they have a big market for ram lambs for breeding. Loving your videos and would love to visit Canada one day. Much love Jim

WOW! they are really into it! Their wool dying is fantastic..

So so cool !!! Loved seeing this families cool sheep farm. I love how she's doing business with her wool and naturally dying it. Thanks Sandy I really enjoyed the tour o and the loft over looking the sheep well to me that's the icing on the cake. Wink wink

As much as I love watching you with your sheep, this was fantastic. Love that wool. And the COLORS! Beautiful.

I love what she is doing with the wool! And very cool barn.

That was good folks! Interesting! (Little old Somerset, England!) Good luck to all!

Very interesting, thanks Sandi

Super interesting, thanks for taking the time to show us :-)

This video was so informative I really like it. Thank you all for the hard work you do. I won'teat lamb but I love yarn.

Such a beautiful story! Thank you for sharing ❤️❤️

Hello Sandi, thank you for sharing this video it’s very interesting thank you 👍👍👍🇬🇧

Great. Just love the use of the wool. I'm with you I could sit in that loft for hours. Just needs a low window near that couch.

What a beautiful sheep farm . They have a beautiful setup , but you know , you have a beautiful setup too Sandi .

Looking forward to a tour! Thank you

Loved seeing this farm and their innovations!

LOL using old chicken next boxes for her wool, how fun!

Amazing 😉 farmers. Hard hard working couple.One of your best videos. Thanks.

When I first saw the nesting box with wool in it, I thought “man, those are some spoiled chickens”

Thanks for the very interesting tour, just started following your videos .Looking forward is to more.

That was very informative- loved it !!

Well done Sandi👏😀❤✔

Awesome video tour Sandi

The oldish dairy barns in holland have the house at one end and the dairy cows at the other end. I’m from Australia and my high school has a flock of Poll Dorset ewes. Thanks for the video

I'm so super impressed with Romy and her farm. She definitely has a big operation and from start to finish I can see her success. I love the loft idea also cause Sandi you can edit and do office work while watching sheep during lambing. But I'm most impressed by Romy wool and I see why y'all collaborate cause seriously she has wool. A knitting circle and quilting circle would definitely get products out for y'all.

I loved this video! Thanks for sharing it!!

It's nice to see producers using their wool and maximizing profits per sheep! I'm a hand spinner and started my small Shetland flock for spinning, with the added bonus of meat in the freezer!

In Chicagoland, NW Suburbs - we keep water taps on a very slow drip to keep the pipes from freezing. Beautiful setup here...

That is an incredible place they have there. Would love to visit someday.

WOW, Thanks for sharing. It's is all a well oiled machine so to speak. I dye with natural plants/flowers/bark, etc. Wool dyes the best and I have worked a lot with alpaca. Nice going.

At 15:00, Romy made me laugh with the comment, - He's going (hand sign for crazy)...everyone is sniffing and jumping and getting all crazy...- This still happens every Friday & Saturday night at the college bars. Rams working their way into the crowd sniffing and jumping getting all crazy for a teaser. HAHAHAHA

This is fantastic.

Beautiful setup!

I love how clean and bright their barn ends up with the white! yours gets the same effect with the tent, honestly. that brightness and whiteness is just so inviting. but I'll be honest, when she said teaser, I thought sheep vibrators. and i was like :O

That was very cool and interesting! Thanks!

Really interesting to see all that. Seriously neat to learn about the difference between the wool.

Oh wow!!! That’s awesome! I was going to order but only Canada bummer! I wanted wool and a shirt!

Beautiful barn!!! so inspiring!

Very inspiring. You guys are my superstars!!

I had the privilege of touring this farm last winter with the university of Guelph sheep and goat club. I technically wasn't a student at that time but my girlfriend snuck me on the tour. It was an excellent farm to tour. I didn't realize that the barn was brand new at the time

Great looking farm!!

I think the reason people buy wool from a farmer is they get a story a provenance with buying from the same place over and over.. the CRAP they sell in CRAFT stores that are especially a chain store is okay if you are making a couple tea cozies just to have a craft to do is not the same as learning about where that Wool or even Cotton came from. Planning how to use it. Learning the pattern or making your own pattern so that you can make the best pair of hand knitted Toe-Up socks or a hat for a very loved husband or a new baby that is in the need of wool diaper covers for cloth diapers. Or to be able to hand down Grandpa's favorite winter throw that was on Nana's couch as long as you can remember. Yarn from a craft store may be loved but it does not stand the test of time. We all love what you are doing for us knitter's, crocheted, and felter's and any of those people that just buy to help our economy. I do just about every craft I can get my hand on. I was a Chef so I have an eye for color, shape, and style. One last thing I wish I could put pictures on KZfaq comments maybe some day they will fix that. So I could show what I mean. I post pictures to Facebook but it is not a wide enough audience even though it may be all your friends. Very few Strangers(if you know what I mean) come an ask about the item you posted. I love my Facebbok friends but most of them already know about my crafts and I know about theirs. I buy from them. They from me. Oh I sell Cloth Sanitary Pads made from cloth only sold in the U.S. or Canada. PolyUrethane Laminate, Bamboo soaker and Minky. The softest pad for both periods and piddles. I also sew cloth belly bands for boy dogs and holey tails for girl dogs all sizes. Last I sew custom made bras biggest size I have sewn was 38M. For true understanding that is as big as a half watermelon the long trading kind of watermelon. Love you girl you know who you are. I am a 38H equal to a 34L small/medium cantaloupe. All of that fabric comes from England.

This is a fantastic video Sandie, I did notice that there seemed to be no birds in their barn.

Amazing, thanks for share the works´friend. You are a very nice person

Amazing work

Nice setup, nice video.

I’m loving the lack of bird noise in their barn and that they are usually able to keep temps above freezing in the winter. Also the loft and waterers. But I prefer your automatic nursing set up, Sandi, and your handling system / collapsible pens. What gets me is how does such a young couple afford to expand that quickly?! Pretty cool that they are dyeing their homegrown wool with natural substances.