A warm welcome to you from Sheepy Hollow Farm & Studio! Our 30-acre farmstead is located in Armada Township (in northern Macomb County), on Coon Creek Road between Armada Center and Armada Ridge Roads, Michigan. You can visit our farmstead and cottage business, Sheepy Hollow Herbs, LLC and take a peek at our simple goods on-line at www.sheepyhollowherbs.com . Also, look for me, SheepyHollow (seller name), on ETSY http://www.etsy.com , a site for artisans featuring hand-made wares for sale.
I’m a former ‘retired’ automotive environmental engineer specializing in wastewater compliance. Several years ago I left the corporate rat-race (I drove 60 miles one-way into the city…YUK!) to stay at home and raise my two children. I have subsequently started a cottage business, Sheepy Hollow Herbs, LLC, where I raise U-Pick organic lavender and other herbs for culinary, floral and medicinal uses. Our herbs are sold fresh-picked, dried or as an ingredient in our hand-crafted herbal sundries.
We also share our small farmstead with several beloved barnyard animals including my daughter’s Kentucky Rocky Mountain Saddle horse, a small ’spinners’ flock of Shetland sheep for their lovely fiber, Alpine and Oberhasli dairy goats for their delicious milk (for cheesemaking and our hand-crafted goat’s milk soap), rabbits, chickens (gotta have fresh eggs!), 2 dogs for predator watch and several barn cats, our resident mousers. Our most recent addition to our ‘family’ is Brutus, a Pygora wether. Not a dairy goat, but a FIBER goat! Brutus is a cross between an Angora goat (which produces lustrous mohair) and a Pygmy goat, often producing soft, down-like cashmere. YUMMY! WELCOME BRUTUS!
Besides being a certified master gardener, I’m also a fiber artist – I love my sheepies! Their beautiful wool often finds its way into my shop where I create one-of-a-kind primitive sheepy folk art, hand-made woolies, natural and hand-dyed wool batts, roving and yarn for sale.
Next time you find yourself in my neck of the woods, I hope you’ll drop by and say ‘howdy’! Shop hours: April thru December, Tuesday by chance, Friday, Saturday, Sunday 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. and year-round by appointment.
Blessed be, Jen
Hi Jenny,
I was just at your beautiful home tonight for the 4H meeting. Thanks for hosting! I was speaking to Anne Mills about my home business, Amelie Jo American Baby Boutique. Since you make American goods, I thought that you might want to check out my site and blog. If you ever decide to create a line for babies let me know.
Best Wishes,
Anna
Hi Anna! Sorry we didn’t get a chance to talk…or you could have toured my shop. I do some baby items; we should follow-up. My focus has been on my sheepies wool and goat’s milk soap & herbals. Jen
I’d love to come out and see your baby items. Please let me know when a good time is!
Hi Jenny,
I must have those baby booties for Amelie. Do you carry them in your shop? I’ll try to find you at the Armada Fair on Wednesday!
hi anna!
aren’t they cute? i make ‘em & sell ‘em as time allows…don’t really stock them in the shop. hope to see you at the fair! jen