Windfell Farm

06/13/2021

New recipe for slow roasted lamb shoulder is on our website https://www.windfellfarmnc.com/recipes. This recipe is pretty basic and can be spiced up with your favorite herbs and well... spices! Check out this recipe and our other family favorite lamb recipe on our website.

Top each shank with 1T butter and 1 sprig each of rosemary and thyme. (I like mild herb flavor and only use 1-2 inch sprigs per shank.)

04/25/2020

Quarantine haircut! We have “hair sheep” that shed their winter coat in the Spring but we are introducing this wool breed ram (Tex) to add muscling to lambs. So glad we only have the one to shear!

04/17/2020

Sparkles Family Portrait, one of our two sets of triplets. Just one more ewe left to lamb and we will be done with lambing for the year! Current lamb count: 30.

04/01/2020

First lamb of the season! Let the lambing commence!!

03/27/2020

Hello Spring! Baby lambs should be born on Windfell Farm any day now!! No lambs this morning but we did find a ladybug.

03/29/2019

Windfell Farm is looking forward to seeing everyone again at the Saturday markets in Hickory beginning April 20th! We are fully restocked with grass-fed lamb and pastured eggs.

Let the countdown begin! The farmers market is moving next to Lowe's Foods Park (splash pad in front of Capital Bank downtown) for the 2019 season. Opening day is April 20th! Edit: this is a temporary move while improvements are made to Union Square. Edit: 330 Main Ave NW, Hickory NC 28601

08/28/2018

Haha! Our guard dogs are too big for this and our sheep are not nearly this chill.

This dog’s owners could NOT stop laughing when they went to check in on him during his “work hours.” Their

02/08/2018

Interesting history of sheep production in the US and origin of the Katahdin breed. We proudly raise Katahdin-Dorper crosses!

OutdoorFarmingHistoryLegend and Tall TalesAppalachia’s Very Own Sheep Breed is Quickly Becoming the World’s Most Popular By AppalachianMagazine - February 8, 2018 0 4 Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter PHOTO: Katahdin Hair Sheep, Appalachian Magazine.It’s hard to imagine in today’s “Beef, ...

09/28/2017

Making room in the freezer so we can restock after next week! 1 whole leg of lamb = 4 dinners for 2. We will be eating well this week!