"When we first moved to the farm, Anne was adamant: no animals.

Three years later, we welcomed our starter flock of American Merino sheep to help steward the land and bring Anne back to her creative roots.

This is the story of how listening to the land and following our creative flow changed everything."

Listening to the Land

Over time we both watched the land, listened to what it was trying to do, observed animals such as deer, bear, turtles, snakes and many other creatures moving across it, all while spending an extraordinary amount of time mowing it. Even mowing just a couple times per year was a huge effort, costly in gas, destructive to habitat and the noise and vibrations produced are those we ultimately don’t resonate with.

At the same time we would talk about potential and Anne’s innate gift for creativity. Everything she touches turns out beautiful- from websites, paintings, graphic designs and fashion- it has been a tremendous boon for our branding and business to have such a talent dedicated to the vision and mission. She had learned and cultivated new skills to deploy her creativity but David had seen what she created while studying knitwear in Milan, Florence and New York City and knew that was a missing piece to the blossoming story at The Farm at Catawissa Creek.

From no animals to a growing flock of merinos

During these conversations David was learning too. He picked her brain about wool types, would ask questions about processing the raw product and how difficult each type of fiber was to handle. He asked what her dream fibers were to work with so that when the opportunity came, he knew what to look for and the realities of dealing with them.

We had moved to the farm officially in August of 2020, and got our starter flock of American Merino Sheep in November of 2023. It took 3 years of learning the land, constant dialogue and developing a common vision to finally drop out of the fear, uncertainty and doubt distortions that were holding us back from this amazing relationship. This leap of faith to bring on animal companions to help steward the land and co create our soil based products has been more rewarding than we could ever have imagined.

Ancient Reverence Meets Modern Design

“Beyond the inner war one faces, there is a state of peace, a higher state of mind epitomized by the sacred feminine, she is an archetype from the ancient world, the supreme protector, fearless, filled with compassion for all beings and there is a part of her in all of us” -Anne, 2012

This project was started over a decade ago, inspired by the reverence of the divine feminine by the ancient Greek and Roman sculptors. Anne wanted to create knitwear designs that mimicked the texture and draping in the sculptures through different patterns of ribs but also retained the reverence for the divine. 

Anne’s creations inspired David to find and raise a fine wool breed, so that all future creations are of the highest possible vibration. Imbued with love and light at every step—from stewardship of the soil and animals, to hand shearing and processing fleeces into yarn, to knitting and dyeing—these garments will be truly unique and one of a kind, resonating with the cosmic throws of divine harmony.

ALWAYS CONNECTED TO THE EARTH

The most unique thing about our sheep is that they have never been indoors since they arrived on our property. This includes lambing season as we aim not to intervene in any birthing event unless absolutely necessary. We have had successful lambing seasons since we began and have never had to intervene and we strongly believe this is because the sheep are not stressed by unnatural conditions.

No Hay, Only Living Grass

The second most unique thing about our sheep is that we have not had to feed them hay since arriving on the land. Even through the winter they eat living cover, root through snow and forage what is available. This is partly inspired by deer foraging and grazing through the winter. We work to keep grass “stocked” for winter which means not mowing after a certain point in late summer to ensure that there is enough for the flock to eat through the winter.

Gathering Light, Alchemizing Energy

We want to keep our sheep exposed to the hidden energies of the sun and the earth that power life in its constant ascension and evolution. Our sheep gather all of this celestial light through living grass and alchemize the earthly energy the elementals provide to imbue the wool with high-vibrational frequencies. 

This is just something you cannot achieve by keeping them in the barn, eating dry or dead forage in a mud pit even if it means it is harder to shear because the wool gets matted near the legs and belly of the animals.

Relational Farming

We love our sheep, not only do they gather the celestial and earthly energy but are imbued with energy from our loving hands as well. We spend time everyday with them, building relationships, giving them pets/cuddles and just hanging out. We also handle them and shear them ourselves as a team- the old fashion way with shearing scissors.

Meet The Flock

Meet Some of Our Animal Co-Stewards of The Land

Elissa

Esperanza

Gertie

Farryn

Star

Strawberry

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