Tumbleweed Acres
Pat Maltais
Offering Farm Tours - Located on Takhini Hot Springs Rd
Why visit Tumbleweed Acres?
Students can visit Tumbleweed Acres to see my Icelandic sheep flock. They can interact with the ewes and lambs by feeding them bread or produce and can also take a hike around the property to see what all the sheep eat from the forest. We can also roast smokies over the fire pit (weather permitting).
About our Farm
I farm on 18 fenced acres which my sheep free range in the non-white season. This equates to ~22 ewes and lambs who feed themselves from all aspects of the boreal forest. My 3 rams remain in separate enclosures and are currently fed hay, though I am working to be able to rotate their enclosures so that they can be seeded and grow food for the rams.
I also feed my sheep some boxstore grocery items which I pick up via the LOOP program, which repurposes boxstore food waste to farmers to use as animal feed.
Livestock & Crops:
Icelandic sheep for meat and wool
Facilities
- Outhouse
- Covered eating area
- School bus turnaround
Directions:
Travel to the Takhini Gas Station on the North Klondike High- way and turn onto the Takhini Hotsprings Rd. Drive 4 km, then turn left on Smiths Rd and then take the 1st right past the mail- boxes. Close the gate behind you (free ranging sheep). Once in, go down the long drive through the cartoon characters.
Contact:
867-332-7797
