Crazy Legs Farm

08/29/2026

Promoting the local farm’s sheep, wool and yarn…and sustainable clothing. Get knitting! Need yarn? I have some nice homespun and millspun yarns.

08/25/2026

“It doesn’t get any better than this”….. we are settling into the Washington County Fair, Greenwich NY.
We had a dust settling rainfall to start the week so looking good for the week. The Sheep and Goat Barn looks super nice this year and is full to overflow. Shows start Wednesday….the show ring is out to the side of the barn behind the FFA building.

Very proud of our families working together for this year’s “Charlotte’s Web” themed farm display winning the Artistic Award.. (Missing in this photo is Liz and Maeve).

And always important important to us is the shorn fleece competition, juniors and open. All blues for the juniors plus Griffin winning champion white fleece and reserve overall. I was very honored to receive Champion fleece with our natural colored fleece from our ram Aramis which went on to be chosen Supreme Champion of all the fiber entries….it doesn’t get any better than this!

Mark sure to get to the fair! So much to see!

07/27/2026

Saratoga County Fair is our favorite show of the year! It is a truck in, check in, show and go home all-in-a-day show. Dan Anderson, show superintendent, started this “open” show five years ago wanting to build it to a two hundred all-breed show and the best show in the east. With a 173 head on Friday, July 24 he’s getting close…and it was a show with many outstanding individuals and flocks. We are very lucky to exhibit so close to home and appreciate such a well run show, by an accommodating staff.

I love showmanship. It was fun to watch judge Emma Rogers sort out the classes. She’s an accomplished fitter, show woman and Romney breeder at the national level. Grandson Griffin became the winner of the large senior class and Anneke the winner of the junior class. It was competitive! Maeve took 3rd and Noah 5th….made me proud❤️.

It was a good show day. I’m so very fortunate to have Liz & Megan to get us through it…plus some great photos. At the end of the day, the sheep always look best at home!

07/20/2026

Yes, we are alive up here in upstate New York! Lots of extreme weather in the last couple months but we’ve got mid-May first cut hay in and second cutting, too and been eating potatoes since late June….really good things on a small farm.

But July is now so dry we’re praying for rain. Meanwhile, we are getting some sheep ready for shows. We’re downsizing but I’ve got grandkids and a grand niece who love handling sheep. In fact, we just came back from the NEYSS (Northeast Youth Sheep Show) in Springfield, Ma.

This is a big show for us. We’re a homebred flock of very functional sheep.
Our sheep are not showy but more “common” as one judge stated. That being said, my three grandkids presented them so well, I was very proud of them and the sheep.

At this show (in its 43rd year) there are youth from all over the eastern states showing approximately 20 breeds of very high quality animals. It’s a “hands on” show for youth to improve their knowledge of sheep health and genetics as well as fitting and showmanship. It was a great learning experience that really opens their eyes to the possibilities for the future.

Many thanks to the founders, administrators, judges and volunteers who make this experience possible. We all made it home safely, sheep and family, with our sense of humor still intact and ready for the next one!

As usual I didn’t take pictures of our sheep in the ring…too busy watching and listening. But the few photos give some scope of the three show rings and the size of the show.

02/20/2026

Snowstorms bring lambs! There will only be a few (lambs) this year but they will be special. Their handsome sire “Outlander” is now in a breeding flock of MacKenzie VanKlompenburg in Michigan.

Their dam “Patty” now nine, has been shown every year (except 2025) at Washington County Fair. She’s been a great partner for several of the
Crazy Leg Farm show team. She’s given us some really nice offspring over the years including Pattycake, Peppermint, Patrick, Paige, Pearl, Pearlman, Patina, Perfect, Patriot, PBS, Penelope, Pennylane, Pollyanna!

A couple more P’s in the pod….a ewe and a ram lamb.

02/12/2026

The seeds of a summer market season are planted in the winter! Even though it feels far from farmer's market weather, we are preparing for our 2026 markets in Fort Edward, NY right now.

We are accepting applications from farmers and artisans who want to join us this year. If you grow it or make it here, you can sell it at our marketplace!

More info here: https://canalstreetmarketplace.org/join-us/

01/11/2026

On a farm, the cyclical nature of this way of life makes it impossible to say where a new year begins or ends. One year is like the year before it…at least it has been in regards to growing crops to provide feed for livestock. On our small Romney sheep farm, I appreciate the natural cycles of our flock and fields and I’m content with that.

Except….there are major changes in the climate…natural & political…that are frightening. Well, we all want so much…I’m afraid apathy/ignorance/greed will make those things that unify us, divide us.

But on a farm….there’s humility and humanity and community. After weeks of early cold and snow (and semi-hibernation) the hours of daylight are growing longer and a it does seem like the beginning of a cycle.

For 25 years, Fred DePaul has sheared for us….and entertained us with stories and shared a meal. Friends and family have helped. Liz, Barb & Kate
keep me going. And Liz has captured the essence of our sheep world. The sheets used to wrap fleeces after shearing have dates and names going back years…my diary of sheep & shear dates.

Yes, we shear in January. We are fortunate to have this early January thaw and temperatures into the forties while the sheep adjust to their new look.
Shearing is totally non-stressful for the sheep and a very healthy policy
pre-lambing season for shepherd, ewes and lambs. I love their look in full fleece and love to see their structure once sheared. And now I have some lovely fleeces at the Woolhouse to skirt and assess as we wait on lambing season.

12/04/2025

It’s pretty darn cold but we’ll be warm even if we have to huddle under wool blankets around the woodstove fire. Come join us! Crazy Legs Farm Country Christmas tomorrow and Saturday 10-4 at the Woolhouse 2170 County Route 46, Fort Edward, NY. Local artisans with some cool stuff.

But do dress warm and enjoy this wintry season.

12/02/2025

Cricket brings so many unique items to the Woolhouse. She brings a world of knowledge, too.

Dawn Dragon prep for our Country Christmas Market Gathering this Friday and Saturdy at Crazy Legs Farm in the “borderlands” of Fort Edward and Argyle! Holiday goods, rustic gifts, crystals, jewelry and herbal awesomeness!