For those of you who worried that the sheep would not have enough wool for winter after shearing, you can relax. It takes about a month for sheep to grow the necessary wool for winter, and our sheep are bulking up. The wool looks clean and beautiful, the animals are strong and healthy on the hay we are giving them. Unless it is raining ice, the sheep don’t care to be in the pole barn, they are more comfortable outdoors, even on the coldest nights, protected by their thick coats of lanolin suffused wool.