“Love a Local Business” What began as a home schooling effort to teach our children about sustainable living, the value of hard work, and the joy of keeping animals, now reaches around our own neighborhood as well as the far corners of the globe. Through our Bed & Breakfast, Yarn and Fiber CSA Shares, Agricultural Experience Shares, and summer camps … Read More

New Year’s Day Snowshoe We always start the new year off by hosting a New Year’s Day Brunch and Snowshoe. This year about 25 people gathered at our farm for our celebration. We gathered around our large dining room table and scattered around the woodstoves while we ate. Around 11:30 we headed out on snowshoes. Tere was intrigued by all … Read More

Learning how to trim hooves. Our first AgEx Shareholders (Agricultural Experience) visited our farm a couple of weeks ago! This couple would like to add sheep to their property and wanted to learn all that they could about shepherding. Their day of instruction centered around topics such as: fencing, shelters, parasite control, rotational grazing, basic sheep care, and lambing. Inspecting … Read More

Last Friday, Kate Smith from the Marshfield School of Weaving, came over to help me warp up the barn loom. It has almost been three months since we brought the barn loom home from NY. Kate has worked with antique barn looms for many years. She has become an expert textile artist and uses only antique barn looms in the … Read More