February 2012

It has been a very busy time here on the Farm.  The Holidays brought 15 people to the dining table for most of a couple of weeks, all family and all welcomed.  Our Sheep Association met on the 3rd of January at a church in Holden.  The food, as always was great and our program for the night focused on "what to do with your wool".  Andrea Colyer, Barbara Haberline and Chris Humphrey led the discussion and everyone chimed in with their own solution to the marketing of wool. 

The February meeting was held at the Sunset Farm in Hubbardston and our host Chris provided the meal for all.  We had nearly 40 members in attendance to eat and take part in the program conducted by Lemay & Sons, Rick and Paul Sr., of Goffstown, N.H. as they taught the assembled how to properly cut up a market lamb.  Rick had made a video of all of the cuts that would be available and he provided a very interesting talk taking all of us through the process.   After the video, Lemay's provided a lamb carcass, one half completely cut out, wrapped and frozen and one half uncut.  (Picture below) Everyone left with a deep appreciation for producing well muscled lean lambs for the table and a great understanding of the process of getting from the barn to the table.  A big thanks to Chris, Rick and Paul Sr.