Rewards and Disappointments This is one of our busiest times of year with shearing, sugaring season, and lambing happening all at one time. Shearing day is like a gift giving occasion when the sheep peel off their wrappings which we use to spin into wonderful yarns. Underneath all of their wool their swollen bellies and udders reveal the quickly approaching … Read More

Shearing Day! Yahoo! Today was shearing day. I am so excited about this year’s fleeces. They are just gorgeous. The Lamb CSA yarn is going to be a lovely silvery gray with a nice luster and the softness that only comes from a lamb’s fleece. Tarragon, our Cormo ewe must have had a 12 pound fleece. It was so large … Read More

Shearing Day! Yahoo! Today was shearing day. I am so excited about this year’s fleeces. They are just gorgeous. The Lamb CSA yarn is going to be a lovely silvery gray with a nice luster and the softness that only comes from a lamb’s fleece. Tarragon, our Cormo ewe must have had a 12 pound fleece. It was so large … Read More

Got the Fever….. Here’s what happens when you turn three Vermont children out in the woods to tap sugar maple trees….. Armed and ready. Got the hammer. Got the taps and bucket. Got the drill. Wait a minute..you’re supposed to tap the trees, NOT the boy! They’ve got the fever. The sugarin’ fever.

Here’s what happens when you turn three Vermont children out in the woods to tap sugar maple trees….. Armed and ready. Got the hammer. Got the taps and bucket. Got the drill. Wait a minute..you’re supposed to tap the trees, NOT the boy! They’ve got the fever. The sugarin’ fever.