nurturing art, craft and healthy soil
on our Wisconsin sheep farm
the secret is in the soil
Welcome to Brown Dog Farm. This is the place where Rachel Catlett and Ed Hicks call home and where we work, play and create things with our hands. I am Rachel, you can find me in the STUDIO. I am married to Ed, you can see what he’s up to in the WORKSHOP. We make things with our hands inspired by our farm and life here in rural Wisconsin. On our FARM, we steward our land using regenerative systems to rebuild soil, and promote diversity in the ecosystem. We raise Shetland and Icelandic sheep for wool and meat, heritage Chickens and Ducks to produce free range eggs, and hay to feed our flock through the winter and share with our rural neighbors.
Sometimes life works in strange ways to bring you what your heart has always longed for. This is that place for us. Our farm is named after our family’s love for the old brown dogs which we have loved over the years. Raleigh's portrait graces our farm sign. Like them, we’re not fancy, but we’re steadfast and loyal and working on being good farmers, creating a beautiful place for those we love and care for and taking time to make things with our hands to share them with others.
Come on in. Check out our Farm blog, see what we do and linger awhile...
“Farmers must tend farms that they know and love, farms small enough to know and love, using tools and methods they know and love, in the company of neighbors they know and love.”
— Wendell Berry