BALLY's BLOG

Here's a place where you can find out what's happenening at Bally Duff Farm. We blog about our travels, farm challenges, awards we win, births and anything else we think is interesting. Feel free to join in.. Just click on the comment button under the post you wish to talk about; we look forward to hearing from you!

Friday, January 02, 2009

Highland Bull For Sale

Out of our registered stock, three-year-old highland bull for sale, he is sired by a brindle bull, and the dam is red, his color is more in keeping with the dam.

Shearing Services

In 2008 Taylor attended shearing school at Cornell University, and began shearing small flocks in April of 2008. In March Of 2009, she will be going back for a second year of schooling and will again be available for shearing small flocks as early as April in Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts and Connecticut. If you would like to contact Taylor, she is available at: Ballydufffarm@yahoo.com and (401) 626-6599.

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2009 Lamb Crop

The farm now has a flock of white Lincolns and a flock of natural colored Lincolns, lambing is scheduled to begin in mid-February. All stock is registered. Natural coloreds are sired by the 2008 reserve champion at Maryland Sheep and Wool Festival, White Yearling Dam was selected to have the best fleece at the Lincoln show in the 2008 Eastern States Exposition.

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2008 Blankets Are Here And Ready To Go!

It has been another successful year for the blanket project with attention being brought to it through "America's Heartland" series featuring the "Rhody Warm" project. If you are interested in a blanket, we have lap throws and long throws still available on the farm. Please feel free to contact us at ballydufffarm@yahoo.com with any questions.

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Tuesday, November 25, 2008

Here is a New Blog Post I Wrote

I am writing text here for everyone to see. This information will publish to my website when I push the orange 'Publish Post' button at the bottom!

Here is sample code for an image I wish to publish to my website:

bally-sheep

I got the 'embed' code from flickr.com under the 'Share This' photo link.

Teaching Robin to Use Blogger

Yay, Hurray! It's time to learn a new skill which will help your business, friends and customers! Directions will be posted along with this announcement soon.

Sunday, February 03, 2008

Bally Duff Website Update

We bagan a website a while back, now it's time to finish the job. Bally Duff is all-out new and all-out fab!

Friday, August 11, 2006

Rhode Island Blankets

Our farm is participating in a statewide pool of fleece to make blankets. This is an exciting opportunity and anyone wanting to purchase a genuine 'Rhode Island Blanket' should contact us immediately as there will only be a small batch of blankets created.

Lambing

We have 20 new lambs this year who are quite a handful... But oh so cute(!) so how can we resist? The fleece from them during our next shearing will surely be bought up quickly so make your inquiry and reservation now!

Skilled Craftswoman Visits Bally Duff Farm

Ashley Martineau of Seattle visited our farm. She has an extraordinary skill is yarn spinning and knitting. This link to her website http://www.neauveau.com is a great place where you can learn how to dye our wool and also other wool techniques.