PALMER — Karen Gardner keeps sheep to support her weaving habit. At Gardner's arrival in the family's Matanuska Colony barn on a windy night a few days before Thanksgiving, her flock comes running as ...

Editor's note: J. Kevin Graffagnino is executive director of the Vermont Historical Society. He is one of several guest writers filling in while Mark Bushnell takes a break from this column until July ...

For the third year in a row, Elings Park utilizes four-legged, eco-friendly grazers for weed removal – a flock of Merino sheep is now on view on the park’s scenic South Bluffs overlooking the Pacific ...

A Merino sheep like those imported by diplomat William Jarvis, propelling the “sheep craze” that swept the state. Editor’s note: Mark Bushnell is a historian and writer who lives in Middlesex. One of ...

CRABTREE, Ore. — Vickie Manns’ goal is to raise sheep that produces wool so fine it feels soft next to the skin. When she first saw Merinos 32 years ago while living with her husband’s family on a ...

Startling results in the nation’s biggest sheep trial have shown some Merinos cut double the wool value of others.

I am a reader. I often have two books in process at the same time; one upstairs and one downstairs. I read a variety of genres so I don’t get them confused. Daniel Boone and Tim Conway, Ruth Bader ...