Pluff Mudd Farm

06/10/2026

These beauties are pressed and ready for ecoprinting!

06/06/2026

Another reason to love wool! And sheep!

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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05/21/2026

Get connected with local small farms! Come out and see this farm and the vendors! Share this and spread the word! 🇲🇾🇲🇾🇲🇾

05/09/2026

"Hang In There!"...Bumblebee Bee version! (Remember the kitten poster from the 70s?!)

05/07/2026

Come to this event! Food, music, vendors,...and do a little indigo dyeing with us!💙💙💙

05/05/2026

Lunch And Learn in a beautiful setting! Details and sign up here!

Indigo Dye Lunch & Learn Experience at Marsh Hen Mill Immerse yourself in the rich history and artistry of indigo in the Lowcountry with a thoughtfully curated Indigo Dye Lunch & Learn Experience on Edisto Island. Hosted by Gina Moore of Pluff Mud Mercantile in collaboration with Kelly Fort of Pluff...

04/25/2026

Something to think about...

04/22/2026

Hopefully this guy will help keep my orange tree safe from the swallowtail caterpillars!

04/22/2026

South Carolina is holding onto something just as rare… and just as worth protecting. 🌴🌅
The Lowcountry marshes.
The quiet rivers winding through cypress and Spanish moss.
The warm ocean breeze rolling across the coast at sunset.
The stillness here hits different.
Early mornings where the air feels soft…
the water barely moving…
and the sky reflecting off the marsh like it was painted just for that moment.
From the Upstate hills…
to the Midlands’ fields…
down to the coastline where land and water blur together—
this place isn’t empty space waiting for something new.
It already is something.
And yet…
there’s always pressure to trade it away.
For development.
For concrete.
For something that could be built almost anywhere else.
But places like this?
They can’t be rebuilt.
Because South Carolina isn’t just land—
it’s the pace, the quiet, the feeling you get standing by the water when everything slows down.
Once that’s gone…
you don’t get it back.
A data center can go anywhere.
A sunset over the marsh, with that warm coastal air and nothing but nature around you?
That only exists here.
Some things should stay exactly as they are:
untouched, calm, and real.
Because the best parts of South Carolina…
were never meant to be sold.

04/15/2026

This is a fantastic family event! Hope to see you there on Saturday!!🐑🐑🐑

This is the official map for Saturday. Hope to see you here for our 16th Annual Sheep Shearing Event presented by Connell Law Firm, LLC.