Special Announcement!

Scottish Blackface Sheep

Each post during the month of March will be dedicated to sheep in Upper Canada/Canada West - who kept them, how many, which breeds were preferred, and of course their many uses.

Why sheep? Why not?

As a special bonus this month I've teamed up with fellow colleague and wool aficionado Caroline Bendiner. She's prepared guest blog posts on early 19th century methods of turning fleece into wool, as well as where you can see these methods being used today.

For March there will also be a number of extra posts related to sheep facts. Never again will you come face to face with an Ovis aries and not know that while it may have four stomachs, it has no top front teeth.

Don't forget to check back often, and of course feel free to comment - let's show our guest blogger some love!