Moonstruck Farm

We raise registered Texel and Texel enhanced (percentage Texels). We also have some Kiko and crossbred meat goats. We started with registered (JSBA) Jacob sheep in 1997 and aquired registered Icelandic sheep in 2004 and brought in an unregistered Texel in 2012 and liked him so much we started with some registered texels. We decided to use some of our cross ewes to breed up as they had superior parasite resistance. We sell our best purebred Texels and recorded percentage Texel ewes as breeding stock as well as grass fed lambs in the fall and some feeder lambs in spring as well. Sometimes they get a little bit of grain in the winter or during times of stress, so lambs are not necessarily all grass fed. We like the breeds We have because they are calm, medium sized, easy keepers, good mothers and grow well on a mostly forage diet. It's also a plus that they produced a wonderful medium wool for spinners and felters.

We raise and sell blueberries, aronia berries, garlic, onions, tomatoes, Asian pears and various other vegetables and fruits. We sell home produced jellies, jams, and butters as well as dried herbs and vegetables. We are not certifified organic because of our small size. We don't use chemical fertilizers, pesticides or herbicides in our gardens and orchard, but we do use some pelleted fertilizer on our pasture. We also use some OMRI approved substances for control of pests on the fruit trees and we use Bt on some cole crops. I don't always buy my seeds/plants from organic sources because I have suppliers I have used for years and don't like to change just because they are not considered organic although I try to buy organic seeds/starts whenever possible. I also do a lot of my own seed saving and starting with tomatoes and legumes primarily.

We sell handspun yarn and wool - raw or washed but sometimes processed either into roving or drum carded bats. We occasionally have sheep pelts, skulls and horns for sale. We usually have felt balls available which make great cat/kid toys or to be used in crafts or as dryer balls. Dogs like them, but some dogs will shred them and could swallow bits of wool.

We market our varied produce at the Farmer's Market held in Seville, OH on Saturdays from June through September. some of our products are available at Local Roots in Wooster, OH all year round. We also do on-farm direct sales and Can mail-order for shippable items. We do not plan to ship meat or animals by mail and can sometimes deliver sheep for a small fee, if it's not too far. We are happy to deliver sheep to a local processor at no charge if they are being purchased for meat.

The animals and plants on our farm compliment each other well. We use organic methods as much as possible and strive for a sustainable and natural farm. We grow things the way we would like to eat them - contented and healthy animals and plants free of synthetic chemicals.