Somewhere in the middle of lambing last spring, I mentioned a funny story about a small crew of Edmonds Community College students and staff who came out here to do a video. They are working on a grant-funded project to educate consumers about local farms and local produce; and these videos are destined to be part of materials used by Food Revolution Snohomish County.
The day they came was a crazy day where, just as they started filming, I had to do a rather major birth extraction, there was a dead lamb (boo) but two more live lambs (yay), and I was a mess and had to change my clothes just to complete the interview. Though the camera was rolling during the entire lambing assist, they chose to exclude the more gross parts and just show some clips of the cute newborns trying to stand.
It took them the rest of the summer to finish producing their videos, and now, here they are. Above is the video they did of our farm, and below are links to the other videos they produced. I think they all turned out really great!
The Collie Farm Blog 
September 22, 2014 at 4:23 am
I love it! So great!!
September 24, 2014 at 3:06 pm
I loved it too, thanks so much for sharing.
Today the entire flock came by on the hill adjacent to us, with much Maaing and babies trying to find their mothers, running about. My horse and donkey were worried about it, but this is part of life in Autumn here. The shepherd sent his mutt dog around a few times to contain them, and watched me as I clipped blackberries off my fence. I know in my heart he wants my pasture for his sheep too – he told me he had to slaugher more last year due to less grazing available, trying to make me feel responsible. I try to not let that get to me. I needed his sheep when I had one horse, but now that I have two equines, so sorry….And my his sheep had no respect for my fencing. Their goal was to break it down, post by post: )
Anyway I love looking out my window at his flock, I am astounded watching his clever mutts.
And I enjoy reading your blog about farming in my homestate.
I’ll be in Seattle next July. Maybe you’ll have some time for us, cuz we always go up north to visit friends. I don’t know much about sheep, but I would like to meet you.
We need to see more of the north, such as the North Cascade Highway, where you are simply on the way: )
September 25, 2014 at 3:43 am
Lytha, that is manipulative if he tried to imply that you “caused” the slaughter- heck, that is what lamb crops are for, after all. :-\ Even at low birth rates of some breeds at 1.3 lambs per ewe, it’s not like the flock stays static, so the extras have to go somewhere!
Yes, definitely visit, would love to meet you in person!