23 Feb 2014

Leisel-Our German Angora Bunny

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Angora/Wool Yarn CSA Share Each animal on VT Grand View Farm plays a valuable role.Each animal serves its own vital purpose. Each produces something of value. Leisel-Before Shearing Leisel, our German Angora bunny is a fiber producing machine. We combine her amazingly soft and warm fiber with Cormo wool to produce a lovely soft and squishy yarn. It has become the most … Read More
9 Feb 2014

Sunday Stills – Things We Take for Granted – Diversity

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Shetland Sheep at Maple Ridge Sheep Farm  Diverse – Different – Dissimilar…. For today’s Sunday Stills challenge: Things we take for granted, I have chosen diversity.  Whether thinking about food, skin color, cultures, or sheep-diversity surrounds us. Diversity makes life interesting, full, and engaging.  Jacob Sheep-Black Sheep & Zuchini Farm I used to think that all sheep were the same. … Read More
5 Feb 2014

Grand View Farm and Holistic Farm Planning

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Holistic-“Emphasizing the importance of the whole and the interdependence of its parts.” Multi-Tasking For years, I have approached my own health care from a “holistic” view point, which looks at the whole person- body, mind, and spirit, rather than just putting band-aides on the symptoms. I also implement this same holistic philosophy in managing my flock of Romney sheep. I … Read More
29 Jan 2014

Yarn Along-Gansey Progress

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Graphing From Sheep to Gansey I thought for today’s Yarn Along-I should give an update on the progress of my VT Grand View Farm Gansey. I have gathered several books to inspire me, and to instruct me on my quest to design and knit our farm gansey. Choosing which stitch patterns to include did not take long, however, my biggest … Read More

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