VISIT FOSTER LAMBS FROM MID-MAY UNTIL EARLY JUNE   May 14 to June 5, 2016 Bring cameras, big and little kids and casual clothes Cuddle or bottle-feed a lamb See hundreds of lambs in nearby pastures $10/family www.topsyfarms.com  PHONE/EMAIL IN ADVANCE FOR AN APPOINTMENT   613 389-3444, 888 287-3157 info@topsyfarms.com Wool Shed will be open […]

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Adopt a Foster Lamb to help a baby lamb survive and thrive. Our flock of 1000 ewes birthed over 1400 lambs last year. About 30 – 35 lambs can’t stay with mama, and must be cared for. Otherwise, they’ll die. Will you help save a baby lamb? Do you want to be a (virtual) foster […]

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Know babies with sleep issues? We do. We’ve been there. We’ve found a way to help babies with sleep issues. So often the restless sleeps of babies result from discomfort, inside and out. One reason is that there are usually so many plastic and rubber and other artificial fibres in a baby’s world. Those materials […]

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  Not everyone would have the ‘gumption’ to tackle washing, carding, spinning wool from a Topsy Farms fleece. Especially an ‘in-the-grease’ fleece, fresh from the ewe. But Carlene Paquette is one of those brave souls. Some weavers come to the farm during shearing, to help on the ‘skirting’ table, and choose the fleece wanted, even […]

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This CBC Interview by Wei Chan, took place in September, 2015. Holt Renfrew had just chosen Topsy Farms products for their Campaign for Wool in October, 2015. The Campaign for Wool was initiated by Prince Charles in England, as a result of his desire to increase the market for British and Commonwealth wool and to […]

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Syrian Refugees reaching shore in Lesbos – photo by Sergey Ponomarev Kingston region expects about 600 Syrian Refugees to arrive by February. The Syrian Refugees need to be welcomed with warm clothes as well as warm intentions. Topsy Farms is all about wool, and warmth and food, and welcoming visitors. We admired the momentum in […]

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Yogurt-Mint Marinated Grilled Leg of Lamb (middle-Eastern style) – submitted by Rick and Janina Prociuk Prep Time: 10 min  (more if leg needs to be deboned) Inactive Prep Time: 8 hr 10 min Cook Time: 1 hr 30 min Serves: 8 servings Ingredients • 1 de-boned Leg of Lamb (approx. 5 pounds), trimmed of excess […]

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The Wool Shed at Topsy Farms was visited by a life-sized, needle-felted Sir John A. Macdonald. He is an amazingly realistic, life-sized, well-dressed sculpture, who rides in the front passenger seat of a car, or in an antique ‘push-chair’. He ‘lives’, much of the time, clutching an empty glass, awaiting his next refill. This needle-felted […]

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Two foster lambs entertain visitors to the Wool Shed at Topsy Farms each year. This year, from spring until Thanksgiving (when they retire to a smaller free-range farm) Wee Lassie and Littlefoot have helped make a visit to our farm  and to Amherst Island more interesting. Here’s how. In spring, when about 1300 lambs are […]

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Our popular pure wool dryer balls have many uses. When a person puts 3 in the dryer they will: fluff up laundry avoid the use of somewhat toxic dryer sheets reduce or remove static cling shorten dryer time, thus save you money David Suzuki recommends pure wool dryer balls as a means to reduce dryer […]

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