Liongate Farm

06/01/2026

Ren and Trini are maremmas. They are smart. They work the problem. And solve it. Best breed of livestock guardians we have ever had. I do think the squirrels are up there laughing at them.......

06/01/2026

Ren and Trini...they are on a mission to find all the squirrels. I personally think the squirrels are teasing them.

06/01/2026

We took out an ugly ugly bush and planted a tree. Always an adventure digging here. Always wear gloves! We find garbage and sharp stuff everywhere. And rocks...we joke its a rockfarm. Lots of garden puttering and irrigation fine tuning.

06/01/2026

Meetup monday 10 to 4. Lasagna fresh baked sourdough salad...yum. grab your project and join us. The wool shop is open if you need anything so stop by...we would love to see you

05/31/2026

I don't get ip here often, but some wayward dogs were running the sheep, and I wanted to make sure all was good. Irrigation running on fresh mowed pasture so the sheep graze the hill. All was well. We have a fence to mend.

05/29/2026

So cool!

In a surprising twist for regenerative medicine, the secret to healing broken bones might be found in your sweater. 🐑🦴
Scientists at King’s College London have successfully developed a bone-healing material made entirely from sheep wool. The breakthrough centers on keratin, the structural protein in wool, hair, and nails, which was used to create a scaffold that tricks the body into rebuilding bone tissue.
In recent animal and laboratory trials, this wool-derived material didn't just support bone growth; it produced tissue that more closely resembled healthy, natural bone than any current synthetic or collagen-based alternative. Because wool is naturally renewable and often discarded as waste by the farming industry, this provides a cheap, sustainable, and high-performance source for future medical implants and surgeries.
The most mind-blowing part? The body gradually absorbs the wool scaffold as the real bone takes its place, leaving no foreign hardware behind. This discovery marks a massive leap for orthopedic surgery, offering a future where complex fractures can be "knit" back together using the same biological building blocks as a sheep's coat.
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News Source:
Science Daily – "Scientists turn sheep wool into a bone-healing material in a major medical breakthrough" (May 22, 2026)
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05/27/2026

Today's garden glow up. Remember, this spring is no new gardens, just rejuvenating the existing ones. I have never touched this one after spring since we have been here. This time I did. It's going to be cute when it grows up

05/26/2026

She still has 5 and Rip is still enchanted!