About Us

We have raised sheep at Hickory Hills since 1978. We started out with 10 sheep and have grown to approximately 200 ewes.

It is our belief that food and animals should be grown and raised naturally. That includes our vegetable garden and orchard, as well as our free-ranging turkeys, ducks, peafowl and chickens. Our flock of approximately 200 Rambouillet/Merino Cross Bred ewes is rotationally grazed year round with lambs on pasture summer through fall. The ewes birth their lambs on pasture, which decreases disease and promotes healthier lambs. We have plans for producing either solar or wind energy in the near future.

Our working dogs, Gordon (a 150-pound Great Pyrenees sheep guard dog); and Luke, BB, and Molly (fanatic herding Border Collies) are as prominent and vital on the farm as the sheep. We have only had Great Pyrenees dogs since 1998 and the Border Collies since 2001. Looking back, we wonder how we ever managed without them.

We are both active in the Buffalo County 4-H program and are also involved in several other community
boards and organizations. As a recently retired occupational therapist, Judie remains active in her state and national professional organizations.

In 2005, Greg received an award for his land conservation and preservation practices from the State of
Wisconsin office of the United States Department of Agriculture Natural Resources Conservation Services.