Our Orkney hill farm is shaped by sheep, biodiversity and sustainable making, creating thoughtful products rooted in land, care and traceability.
Our story
Biodiversity, Carbon storage and Rare Breeds work
We are a small island hill farm in the north of Scotland; we keep rare and native breed British Sheep.
Because the sheep we choose are unimproved breeds, they are smaller, hardier and don't suffer from many of the typical problems associated with larger meat breeds.
These sheep are prized for their wonderful fleeces, which are:
- Longer Staple length
- Rich in natural lanolin
- With some crimp or curl
What is an unimproved breed?
Most sheep that are kept in the UK have been breed over centuries to increase their size and meat content. This is because their lambs are then worth more at market. All of our sheep would be classed as unimproved, the lambs are much smaller at the point they would be slaughtered and are worth much less at market.
We keep the following breeds
Find out more about Rare Breed Sheep
- Rare Breeds Survival Trust – UK based charity which promotes the breeding of rare breed animals
- National Sheep Association – find out about all breeds of sheep kept here in the UK
Our work with Biodiversity
We are fortunate to farm in an idyllic unspoilt location and we have responsibility to protect and enhance the landscape. We plant acres of wild flowers to help our native bumblebees. We protect many acres of heather, which not only provide a tasty diet for some of our sheep, but also the peatland below the heather is a giant carbon store, which rivals woodland for the amount of carbon it can store.
Thank you for supporting our Family Farm
By purchasing from us you are helping to support Britain’s native breed sheep which are under threat from increasingly commercialised sheep farming and cheap imported lamb.
Stay on the Farm
Experience life on the farm by booking a stay at one of our farm cottages
From our farm
What our customers say
Trusted by thousands of happy customers
Excellent product, good value, new, saved my Hostas from the snails, eco friendly, thank you.
Superb wool pellets, so much better than off the shelf ones . Recommend to any gardener wanting protection and also good for soil.
Love using this sheep's wool for my pots and baskets, really does help with retaining moisture. Would recommend 5*****
I am very happy with the fleece. It seems to be doing the job intended, stopping slugs from eating the strawberries. It feels good to be using a natural product and supporting farmers.
Excellent product and very speedy delivery after ordering. A**seller would recommend and I will be buying more in the future.
Received my order today, I’m sooo pleased, I haven’t got the fleece completely out yet, but oh it’s gorgeous, thank you so much, looking forward to spinning it