Roots and Soil Homestead

04/17/2026

My favourite lamb recipe of all! Homemade gyros. Doing a little meal prep for Brian’s trip west. Excited for him to have a few days of fun!

04/12/2026

We have a few pigs seeking new pasture. Astrid is the sweetest spotty Aria Giana girl and has been exposed to Nigel. She should be due early June. Her and Nigel are both IKHR registered. We have 2 October gilts pending dna available. A black and a ginger and black spotted. They are Jenny’s. We also have 2 October born barrows available. We are travelling from Delburne to Vancouver island in early June-ish and could bring the gilts along.

04/04/2026

Happy Easter from our Homestead to yours!

04/01/2026

Good info here!

03/28/2026

It’s that time of year! Looking to add a couple piggies to your pasture for fall bacon? We have 4 barrows available right now. We also have 2 gilts available. Will be IKHR registered. The orange one pictured and a pure black. They are Jenny gilts and sisters.
Want to try the meat to see if you want to raise one? We have a butcher size pig ready to go. (Sold ppu)
Litters due in April and June if you are looking to start younger.
If you have been on the fence, this may be your year. Grocery prices are continuing to rise and they aren’t going to come back down.
Kunekune are pasture pigs, easy, affordable keepers and an absolute joy to have around!

03/15/2026

This week is all about the babies! Group 2 on our ewes started this morning with twin ewe lambs. 1 black, 1 brown! This maiden ewe is such a sweet little thing! Pretty excited for these babies!

03/07/2026

After spending the week on the Las Vegas strip it was time to stretch our legs a bit. Headed out to Pahrump for a Tractor Supply stop and some lunch. It’s not always about the destination. Can’t wait to get home to our little homestead. My animals have been in great hands but I sure miss them! One week until round 2 of lambing begins!

02/28/2026

Today we have a mulcher in cleaning up the scrub brush in part of the pasture. We are trying to utilize our space the best we can and protect the health of our trees as well. A lot of our poplars are very large and old, we seem to lose more every wind storm. John went in and cleaned out the dead trees and brush. This will allow the grass to grow and smaller growth to come in. Our sheep, goats and pigs will rotationally graze the pasture this year to help bring it back to a lovely, thriving ecosystem.

02/01/2026

When I was a little girl, I always dreamed of growing up and having friends that I could go on adventures with. I am truly blessed! I am surrounded by girlfriends that are always up for an adventure! Today was no different! True to adventure fashion, we got a flat tire on the side of the road and required rescuing by Jody’s Dad and Brian. Thankfully this was the shortest adventure we’ve ever gone on.
Now Reba, Juniper and Olive are home and settling in. Jody’s new trio of friends has been safely unloaded and tucked away at her little homestead as well. Now let’s hope we have March/ April babies!

12/30/2025

First set of lambs on the ground! Dasha was the last ewe to lamb last round and the first this round. The white lamb is a ewe and the chocolate lamb is a ram. These are our only Sawyer lambs this year it looks like. His other ewe must've slipped her lambs early on and was rebred by Perry.

12/26/2025

12/20/2025

This year I have been trying not to obsess about my sheep as they near their due dates. Dasha is due by the 29th and Vienna looks to be very close. Today we brought 3 ewes in. Once Dasha and Vienna lamb we'll bring in another that im still not convinced she's not due soon rather than March.