This week, Maria is putting her skeins (and roving) of yarn from the Bedlam Farm sheep on sale, that will be posted on her website.

The wool pictured above is, from left, Socks, Suzy, Liam. This month’s October Open House has taken a decidedly fiber turn – spinners will be making gloves and scarves from our wool and people can watch. The new sheep, the four Romney’s, will be sheared, Ken Norman will be trimming the hooves of Lulu, Fanny, and Chloe.

Shearing the sheep, collecting and skirting the wool has become one of our favorite rituals at the farm.  And people love the yarn. This year, the skeins are beautiful. Maria will offer them for sale this week –  they are each $25 plus shipping – and if any remain, they will be sold at the Open House.

We can’t wait to see the Romney wool shorn at the Open House, if it’s in good shape, that will be sold early in 2017.

The theme of the Open House is art and rural life, Maria is selling her quilts, potholders, hanging pieces and scarves in her Schoolhouse Studio, and a half-dozen other artists (Carol Law Conklin will be doing a batik demo) will be selling their distinctive and affordable art, I’ll be talking,  doing sheepherding demos, people can meet the donkeys and see Fate and Red work.

Chloe will gladly receive some carrots.

Ed Gulley is planning to bring a dairy cow to demonstrate milking. Poets will be reading from their works. I’ll be talking about my next book, “Talking To Animals,” and Maria will be talking about her forthcoming trip to India.

Saturday-Sunday, October 8-9, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. No dogs please. We’ll be asking for a voluntary $5 donation to help defray the costs of hosting the Open House.