Summer Barn Sale & Plant Exchange
farm@shepherdscross.com May 5, 2023 No Comments
Summer Barn Sale (Garage Sale) & Plant Exchange Thursday June 1, Friday June 2, Saturday June 3, 2023 7:00 am – 6:00 pm Barn Sale: Donated items graciously accepted. Please drop off your donations at the barn Tuesday through Saturday 8:30 am – 5:30 pm through May 27th. Huge, Multi-Family Garage Sale of donated articles including appliances, antiques, farming items, furniture, wall décor, housewares, DVDs, farm and garden items, children’s games and toys, home decorator items, bedding, office supplies, books, and collectibles, as well as clothing for the entire family. Photographs of sale items can be found on our Facebook page the week of the sale at: https://www.facebook.com/ShepherdsCross Indoors and air conditioned. Sale benefits Farming Missions, Starter Flocks, and Wool Mills in remote locations around the world. Locally, the sale benefits Rural Veterinary Outreach and Baby Blessing Bags. 100% of funds from the barn sale will go directly towards the projects. Monetary Donations towards these missions are greatly appreciated. A tax-deductible receipt is provided upon request. Plant Exchange: Bring a plant to leave and take a plant home. Plant selections will include bulbs, tubers, bushes, trees, grasses, seeds, herbs and much more! This is a great way to expand your garden. Please be prepared to identify the plant you leave with its name, color, and planting characteristics. Great fun! In addition, the following activities are always available at the farm (on a donation basis): Touring the educational & interactive Farm Museum & Silo Touring the Bible Garden – self-guided – Podcasts available: https://shepherdscross.com/bible-garden.html Spinning and Wool Mill demonstration See and
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farm@shepherdscross.com May 5, 2023 No Comments
Summer Barn Sale (Garage Sale) & Plant Exchange Thursday June 1, Friday June 2, Saturday June 3, 2023 7:00 am – 6:00 pm Barn Sale: Donated items graciously accepted. Please drop off your donations at the barn Tuesday through Saturday 8:30 am – 5:30 pm through May 27th. Huge, Multi-Family Garage Sale of donated articles including appliances, antiques, farming items, furniture, wall décor, housewares, DVDs, farm and garden items, children’s games and toys, home decorator items, bedding, office supplies, books, and collectibles, as well as clothing for the entire family. Photographs of sale items can be found on our Facebook page the week of the sale at: https://www.facebook.com/ShepherdsCross Indoors and air conditioned. Sale benefits Farming Missions, Starter Flocks, and Wool Mills in remote locations around the world. Locally, the sale benefits Rural Veterinary Outreach and Baby Blessing Bags. 100% of funds from the barn sale will go directly towards the projects. Monetary Donations towards these missions are greatly appreciated. A tax-deductible receipt is provided upon request. Plant Exchange: Bring a plant to leave and take a plant home. Plant selections will include bulbs, tubers, bushes, trees, grasses, seeds, herbs and much more! This is a great way to expand your garden. Please be prepared to identify the plant you leave with its name, color, and planting characteristics. Great fun! In addition, the following activities are always available at the farm (on a donation basis): Touring the educational & interactive Farm Museum & Silo Touring the Bible Garden – self-guided – Podcasts available: https://shepherdscross.com/bible-garden.html Spinning and Wool Mill demonstration See and
Read MoreSummer Intern/Apprentice Program at Shepherd's Cross
farm@shepherdscross.com April 25, 2023 No Comments
Intern / Apprentice Program at Shepherd’s Cross Summer Semester May – Mid-Aug or Early Sept. Heart of the Shepherd’s internship program has been in place since 2009. The internship program at the farm equips students with basic farming skills and arms them with Biblical references to farming and shepherding. Students gain an awareness of basic agriculture, develop basic agricultural skills, are exposed to the many agricultural parables found in The Bible, and taught an appreciation for historical agriculture, laced with a healthy appreciation for industrialized agriculture. Students will learn in the same manner as an apprentice learns. Watch the shepherd, practice with the shepherd, and then do the activity unassisted. The farm is primarily a sheep farm, with several hundred sheep; however there are many other animals and activities on the farm, and through the ministry, Heart of the Shepherd, including: cattle, horses, donkeys, chickens, llama, alpaca, sheep dogs, barn cats, a Farm Museum, a Farm Store, hay harvest, pecan harvest, walnut harvest, walnut hulling, a wool mill, shearing school, fiber arts retreats and classes, a Bible Garden which produces vegetables and fruit for farm use and for sale, and a Mission Shop. There is a live on-site veterinarian and a veterinary care unit for the animals on the farm. Dr. Diane Dickinson, the director for the Internship Program, is an agriculturalist with a Bachelors in Agriculture, a Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine, and over five decades of farm and livestock experience. Following her footsteps each day is sure to include a bountiful harvest of learning. Internships may be geared toward
Read MoreAnimal Husbandry & Herd Health Class
farm@shepherdscross.com April 17, 2023 No Comments
Sheep, Goats, and Small Ruminants Animal Husbandry & Herd Health Class Saturday, May 20, 2023 8:30 am- 4:30 pm For those interested in returning to the basics of farming, small ruminants present a great option for people wanting to live sustainably. Our small ruminant class is a great place to start learning how to be more self-sufficient and for homesteading. Learn how to care for small ruminants such as sheep, goats, alpacas, and llamas. Class includes instruction, handouts, videos, tutorials, and hands on experience. The primary instructor for the class is Dr. Diane Dickinson, a licensed veterinarian and an agriculturalist, with over 40 years of livestock and farming experience. Her unique perspective of animal husbandry care includes that of a producer, a veterinarian, and a small flock & herd owner. She also shares her experiences in global agriculture, Biblical agriculture, sustainable living, natural production, agritourism and niche markets. The Dickinsons have owned and operated Shepherd’s Cross, a working sheep farm, for over 30 years. Their livestock include sheep, cattle, alpacas, llamas, donkeys, horses & poultry. Their farm is Animal Welfare Approved with their livestock pasture raised and pasture fed. Class Topics Include Vaccinations Feet Trimming Tail docking Bloodless castration Managing pasture & Feeding Parasites & Worms Practical profitable flock herd health for working shepherds FAMACHA Sheep, goats, alpacas & others Lambing & birthing Neonatal care – lambs, kids & others Tubing Wool management AWA Shearing Classes are limited to 20 participants and fill quickly. Beverages are provided at breaks. Bring your lunch. Cost is $89.00 per person, $169.00 for 2
Read MoreHand Dyeing Yarn Day Retreat
farm@shepherdscross.com April 1, 2023 No Comments
Hand Dyeing Yarn – Day Retreat Saturday May 13th, 2023, 8:30 am Learn how to easily create vibrant and uniquely colored yarns & roving. Gaywool Dye is an easy, safe, economical, color fast and dependable dyeing product. Class includes all materials needed to take home beautifully dyed yarn. The class is taught by a Gaywool Dye Instructor. Choose between a full day, half day, and if you prefer onsite, or virtual class. (Virtual class participants will need to pick up or make arrangements for supplies ahead of class time.) Full Day Make 3 colorful skeins and one colorful braided roving 8:30 am – 4:00 pm Class Fee: onsite $79, virtual $89 (Virtual class take home packs includes 4-15g dye packets, yarn & fiber, with curbside pick-up available) Half Day Make 2 skeins of colorful yarn 8:30 am – 12:00 noon Class Fee: onsite $49, virtual $54 (Virtual class take home packs includes 2-15g dye packets & yarn, with curbside pick-up available) Bring a sack lunch. We provide beverages. There is a class minimum of five, and a maximum of 20 participants. You may also host a hand dye class at your location, or better yet become a Gaywool Dye Wholesale Dealer. Retreats are augmented by hands on learning tools available in the Educational Farm Museum. There you can find a collection of fiber arts from around the world. Other fiber arts classes are offered on an individual or group basis throughout the year. Shepherd’s Shop is open Tuesday through Saturday 8:30 am – 5:30 pm, year-round, offering hand dyed and
Read MoreSpin-n-Knit-In
farm@shepherdscross.com March 29, 2023 No Comments
Shepherd’s Cross Spin-n-knit-in May 13, June 10, & July 8, 2023, Saturday 1 – 4 pm On the second Saturday of each month, drop by the farm to watch or participate as we fellowship and work hand crafts and fiber arts. Bring a craft to work on or come for a “free help session” with fiber arts such as spinning, weaving, knitting, crocheting, or felting. Shepherd’s Cross offers weaving and fiber arts classes year-round, on an individual or group basis. Shepherd’s Cross is an accredited Agritourism facility and a Made in Oklahoma Company that processes Animal Welfare Approved fiber (that is chemical free, hormone free, free range, all natural). Shepherd’s Cross hosts a mini wool mill, processing wool from their own sheep, raised on site. Heart of the Shepherd is the non-profit organization (501-C3) that operates at the farm and establishes wool mills in remote, impoverished areas around the world. Heart of the Shepherd teaches Biblical references to the harvest, the animals, farming, and gardening. Shepherd’s Cross and their unique Country Craft Shop is open Tuesday through Saturday 8:30 – 5:30, year-round (closed some holidays). Website: https://shepherdscross.com/spin-n-knit-in.html Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ShepherdsCross Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ShepherdsCross Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/shepherds_cross/
Read MoreWoolly Weekend at Shepherd's Cross
farm@shepherdscross.com March 14, 2023 No Comments
Woolly Weekend at Shepherd’s Cross Thursday April 27, Friday April 28, & Saturday April 29, 2023 10:00 am – 7:00 p.m. Woolly Weekend is a “sheep to shawl” festival held at Shepherd’s Cross, an authentic working sheep farm, just north of Claremore OK on Scenic Route 66. Come to the farm and watch as the sheep are shorn (given a haircut). Sheep shearing occurs throughout the day. After the fiber is shorn from the sheep you can watch the wool being processed on site. It will be combed, spun, woven, knit, crocheted, and felted into finished products. This is a true Sheep to Shawl Event. Over the three-day period at least three shawls will be created entirely from the wool shorn on the first morning of the event. It is rare to find a true Sheep to Shawl experience. Shearing and demonstrations take place inside the Amish built tour barn, which houses some of the animals as well as the wool processing, farm museum, and the gift shop. There are Short Course Fiber Classes available; learn drop spindling, hand carding, or needle felting during the event. Be sure to visit the Farm Animal Barn & pet the barnyard animals. Tour the educational interactive Farm Museum & Four Story Observation Silo, as well as the Bible Garden. Bring the entire family. Children’s activities include weaving, games, wool project, and coloring contest. This is a free event. Donations are welcome – suggested donation of $5 per person. If you have groups of twenty or more, please pre-register. Volunteers are needed to demonstrate
Read MoreSpring & Summer Field Trips at Shepherd's Cross
farm@shepherdscross.com February 28, 2023 No Comments
Sheep & Shepherd Tours begin when the lambs are born each spring here at Shepherd’s Cross, an authentic working sheep farm, just north of Claremore OK on Scenic Route 66. Come to the farm and watch as the sheep peacefully graze the pastures, and rest by the still waters. The newborn lambs jump for joy and frolic in the pastures. Sheep & Shepherd Tours: Self-guided Tour – Donation Based Enjoy watching the sheep in the pastures as you stroll the grounds in the visitor areas. Virtual Tours: https://www.youtube.com/user/ShepherdsCrossInc/videos Sheep & Shepherding Guided Walking Tour – Donation-based (suggested $5 per person) Drop in or schedule. Please Note: Walking Tour is not in the pasture with the sheep, but adjacent to the pasture per Animal Welfare guidelines. Sheep & Shepherding Guided Wagon Ride Tour – $7 per person Wagon Ride in pasture with the flock Must be pre-scheduled. Holds 20+ passengers per wagon load; ramp-loading. Springtime also brings blooms in time for Bible Garden Tours. Shepherd’s Cross is home to one of only a handful of Bible Gardens in the U.S.A. Over 100 plants in this garden have Biblical references. Bible Garden Tour Options: Self-Guided Tours – Donation based (suggested $5 per person) Enjoy the English Country Garden, read the placards, pick up a brochure with map Audio Tours Available online: https://shepherdscross.com/bible-garden.html All Tours also include the following: Visiting the sheep, lambs, and other farm animals at the petting barn area. Teaching Nomadic and Biblical shepherding practices. Wool Mill Tour demonstrating combing, spinning, and weaving wool into a finished product. The educational
Read MoreKatahdin Sheep for sale
Amir Jabari February 24, 2023 No Comments
Katahdin sheep are rare. They dont need to be sheared. I just weined 13 lambs. This would make a excellent starter herd.There is 112 ewes, and 10 rams.They are approx. 8 months old. Very healthy, no worries! I would consider delivery for a fee.
Read MoreKatahdin Sheep for sale
Amir Jabari February 24, 2023 No Comments
Katahdin sheep are rare. They dont need to be sheared. I just weined 13 lambs. This would make a excellent starter herd.There is 112 ewes, and 10 rams.They are approx. 8 months old. Very healthy, no worries! I would consider delivery for a fee.
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