Riven Oak Farm - Steve
@rivenoakfarm.com
Herbs, Veggies, Greens and Sheep in SW Florida. Gulf Coast Native Sheep (woolies), Barbados Blackbelly Sheep (hair sheep) and a couple of Florida Cracker Cows. (All on Livestock Conservancy breed Preservation list).
Also 5 cats, 1 goat
Also 5 cats, 1 goat
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Riven Oak Farm - Steve
@rivenoakfarm.com
· Nov 13
I'm Steve Dillon (and my wife Tracy) run a small farm in SW Florida. Raising Organic Vegatables and Herb Seedings and plan on starting a CSA in the area. We raise sheep for Wool and breeding stock.
Rebecca in look at my mane mode. 3 weeks from her annual sheering. She grows the longest fleece of our herd and gets this Elizabethan ruff around her neck.
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#SkySheep
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February 15, 2026 at 3:51 AM
Rebecca in look at my mane mode. 3 weeks from her annual sheering. She grows the longest fleece of our herd and gets this Elizabethan ruff around her neck.
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#SkySheep
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#SkySheep
#GulfCoastNativeSheep
Pictures from the market today, normally we would be full of veggies and greens. Since the freezes we don’t have much from the garden, so we brought a collection of wool products.
February 8, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Pictures from the market today, normally we would be full of veggies and greens. Since the freezes we don’t have much from the garden, so we brought a collection of wool products.
A little morning dawn mist this morning. Have a good Sunday
February 8, 2026 at 12:21 PM
A little morning dawn mist this morning. Have a good Sunday
Good Morning, Happy Saturday. Stay warm and safe. Tracy dyed some wool brightly for a market on Sunday. 🕸️🧶
February 7, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Good Morning, Happy Saturday. Stay warm and safe. Tracy dyed some wool brightly for a market on Sunday. 🕸️🧶
Each night we let the small ram group back into their paddock in which we have filled their bowls with some supplemental grain. They are quite anxious to get to that. I opened the gate chain and the gate partially opened but the chain got caught. The rams figured out a solution. #SmallFarmLife
February 7, 2026 at 9:27 AM
Each night we let the small ram group back into their paddock in which we have filled their bowls with some supplemental grain. They are quite anxious to get to that. I opened the gate chain and the gate partially opened but the chain got caught. The rams figured out a solution. #SmallFarmLife
Barbados opens a new agricultural training center and land for them to work on. The kicker is this was paid for by a grant from Chinese govt. As USA retreats from global stage, China and others expanding.
New institute, 100 acres for young farmers, says Mottley - Barbados Today
School-leavers interested in agriculture are to have access to 100 acres of land under a new government initiative to boost food security and modernise farming, Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced…
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February 5, 2026 at 12:34 AM
Barbados opens a new agricultural training center and land for them to work on. The kicker is this was paid for by a grant from Chinese govt. As USA retreats from global stage, China and others expanding.
🧶we are successfully warped and starting a scarf or three.
January 31, 2026 at 12:28 PM
🧶we are successfully warped and starting a scarf or three.
Help! We are in SW Florida and something is terribly wrong with our water. Some sort of hardening happened over night. We have an SOS call into our well company to have them come out and test our water. We have never seen anything like this.
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January 28, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Help! We are in SW Florida and something is terribly wrong with our water. Some sort of hardening happened over night. We have an SOS call into our well company to have them come out and test our water. We have never seen anything like this.
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Newish to us, Norwood loom getting warped for our 2nd time. 🧶
January 26, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Newish to us, Norwood loom getting warped for our 2nd time. 🧶
I try to keep this farm feed politics free, but to all my non USA readers, what is going on is insane and we have some serious issues to deal with.
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 8:15 PM
I try to keep this farm feed politics free, but to all my non USA readers, what is going on is insane and we have some serious issues to deal with.
A very still and foggy start to the day.
January 24, 2026 at 12:05 PM
A very still and foggy start to the day.
January 23, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Pick up the nearest book, turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
They really should have freedom to decide their fate alone.
They really should have freedom to decide their fate alone.
January 23, 2026 at 1:11 PM
Pick up the nearest book, turn to page 42, post the second sentence.
They really should have freedom to decide their fate alone.
They really should have freedom to decide their fate alone.
Baaad Boy showing his mane. The phone picked this out as a highlight, are pastures are brown and sad right not. Very little rain and 3 recent freezes have the sheep eating a lot of hay.
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January 22, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Baaad Boy showing his mane. The phone picked this out as a highlight, are pastures are brown and sad right not. Very little rain and 3 recent freezes have the sheep eating a lot of hay.
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#SkySheep
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January 16, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Sebastian being a goof again. He scratches his head on tall weeds and occasionally gets them stuck in his horns.
January 11, 2026 at 11:08 PM
Sebastian being a goof again. He scratches his head on tall weeds and occasionally gets them stuck in his horns.
Good Morning, Happy Sunday.
Quiet here, rooster crowing, a bird chirping and a dog barking in the distance.
Quiet here, rooster crowing, a bird chirping and a dog barking in the distance.
January 11, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Good Morning, Happy Sunday.
Quiet here, rooster crowing, a bird chirping and a dog barking in the distance.
Quiet here, rooster crowing, a bird chirping and a dog barking in the distance.
Taking a break in the pasture. Just sit down and see who comes to visit. There are some that are very friendly and some just continue their day.
#SmallFarmLife
#SkySheep
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January 10, 2026 at 1:04 PM
Taking a break in the pasture. Just sit down and see who comes to visit. There are some that are very friendly and some just continue their day.
#SmallFarmLife
#SkySheep
#SmallFarmLife
#SkySheep
Sheep in the mist, and me helping the ladies reach some oak leaves.
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January 8, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Sheep in the mist, and me helping the ladies reach some oak leaves.
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Evening at the farm, Tracy does the artistic and does a picture of me taking the sunset picture. The sheep get some slightly damaged greens, and a Jan 2 sunset picture with interesting clouds
January 2, 2026 at 11:43 PM
Evening at the farm, Tracy does the artistic and does a picture of me taking the sunset picture. The sheep get some slightly damaged greens, and a Jan 2 sunset picture with interesting clouds
@pwndbycats78.bsky.social Happy New Year , keep being the creative one on top of the coop.
January 2, 2026 at 8:49 AM
@pwndbycats78.bsky.social Happy New Year , keep being the creative one on top of the coop.
And the first day of 2026 is a wrap, happy new year to all.
January 1, 2026 at 10:30 PM
And the first day of 2026 is a wrap, happy new year to all.
A haunting in the barn this evening.
December 30, 2025 at 2:14 AM
A haunting in the barn this evening.
Slava Ukraini! Remembering those under occupation this Christmas, and wishing them a fair and just outcome to this war in 2026. We have added a Ukrainian ornament each year to our tree. (There is a third, but I can’t find it this morning)
December 26, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Slava Ukraini! Remembering those under occupation this Christmas, and wishing them a fair and just outcome to this war in 2026. We have added a Ukrainian ornament each year to our tree. (There is a third, but I can’t find it this morning)