about us

Formed in 2012, Savage Hart Farm is owned and operated by Peggy and Todd Allen.  Most of Todd’s career centered on sales and marketing – both consulting and managing with experience in the hospitality, travel, and insurance industries.  But in 2013 he moved into investment management for a local bank, working with individuals and a good number of non-profits.  Peg spent much of her career in television production and consulting; and also successfully created, built and sold a niche eCommerce website. In 2021, Peg began a new venture - Junction Fiber Mill - and quickly spun the 230 pounds of fleece from the year's shearing into gorgeous soft yarn. Neither had any previous farm experience.

For over 30 years, Peg often dreamed about owning and running a sheep farm.  Todd’s typical response:  “You can do that with your second husband.”

While vacationing in Washington state’s San Juan Islands in September, 2011, Peg and Todd visited a small sheep farm with an even smaller retail shop selling yarn, roving, and quilts.  Annette, the owner, spent almost an hour talking about her operation, to which Todd said, “Annette, you are living my wife’s dream.”  That just made Annette go on longer.  Annette introduced Peg to her small flock and Todd to her border collie.  As they got back in the rental car and drove off, Todd said, “You know, if I could get a dog like that, I just might think about this sheep farm thing.”

After months of research and planning, Peg and Todd sold their home of 14 years in Wilmette, Illinois, and moved into a beautiful Timberpeg post and beam home on 32 acres near the top of Savage Hill in Hartford, Vermont.  With 25 acres of grass, it is a perfect home for a growing flock.  And with panoramic views of the beautiful upland bowl that is Jericho and Vermont’s Green Mountains to the west, Savage Hart Farm is a spectacular setting for Peg and Todd to call home and to welcome guests.

The flock arrived at Savage Hart Farm a little more than a month after Peg and Todd.  Our sheep are colored Corriedales (with a few whites thrown in).  We first learned of this breed while visiting the Whitefish Bay Farm Bed and Breakfast in Door County Wisconsin.  The fleece colors range from sand to deep brown to almost black and the yarn is very soft and spongy, comparable to Merino.  Corriedales are a larger breed of sheep, making them good for meat.  Usually we have two flavors of sheep sausage for sale.

In 2021 we had a record-breaking lambing season, welcoming 34 lambs to the Farm.  The flock typically peaks at about 50 to 60 animals in the summer, and we usually winter over around 30 every year.