Jenny Jump Farm- 2024 Reflections
- Shearing Day- 17 April 2024
- NJ Fibershed 2024 Barn Crawl is coming back to Jenny Jump Farm – April 27 & 28, 2024
- High Fashion Comes to Jenny Jump Farm
- Fall Festivities – New York Sheep & Wool
- Skirting Fleeces
- Shearing Day Fun and Fiber
- NJ Fibershed Barn Crawl 2023
- Breaking News! Shearing Day is now scheduled for May 16, 2023
- Date Change – Shearing Day May 7, 2023 at Jenny Jump Farm
Author Archives: Joan Schnieber
Young Farm Visitors Learn About Wool and Sheep
One cool thing about having a blog is I get requests for a farm visits. Recently I had a family from Morris County visit to learn about sheep and wool for a school project. The little girl Ali is in … Continue reading
Ides of March (Almost) – Shearing Day March 10, 2012
Jenny Jump Farm is planning our sheep shearing day for March 10, 2012 starting at 9 AM. Our shearer Tom Horton will be back again for another year. He is amazing to watch. If you would like to watch or help … Continue reading
Looking back on 2011
Christmas day is winding down giving us time to reflect on the past year. It was a good year for us and we have a lot to be thankful for. My sister and I have decided to forgo exchanging gifts for … Continue reading
The Good, Bad and Ugly in Today’s World – Update
Update: December 25th. No one has seen Nadia since deer season opened on December 2. There is always hope. If she is still alive it looks like she may always be the wild sheep of Kutztown, PA. She is a … Continue reading
Changing Seasons
What I love about living in this part of the world is the changing seasons. Today was the first day that felt like fall. I worked in the yard raking leaves and even attended a local soccer game. visit over … Continue reading
Max has a job.
Now the fiber shows and weekend spinning demonstrations are over, it’s time to ready the animals and the farm for the long winter. The main challenge I have is to change the horses diet to include additional beet pulp and hay … Continue reading
Attention Fiber Friends – Rhinebeck is almost here!
Hello, In less than two weeks I will be meeting with other Jacob Sheep Conservancy members to help set up our booth at the NY Sheep & Wool Festival. It’s our third year and we have amassed quite a following of … Continue reading
You always remember the first one… knitting a sweater.
Well, I finally did it! I made my first sweater using wool from my own Jacob flock. It only took me about 25 years since I first picked up a set of knitting needles. The idea I could knit something … Continue reading
Fun, Fiber, Flooding and Rain! Garden State Sheep Breeders 17th Sheep & Fiber Festival
We held our 17th Garden State Sheep Breeders Sheep & Fiber Festival in Ringoes, NJ on September 10&11. Despite the rain and flooding attendance was good. Our festival is gaining in popularity with the fiber crowd as a nice alternative to … Continue reading
Horse-ing around
Hello, Where the the summer go? This summer I have been busy with my new passion and have been remiss in my fiber duties due to a slight diversion called a horse. His name is Buddy, the Elf which I adopted from Helping Hearts Equine Rescue … Continue reading