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.

Sugarin’ Season at Last Every year it seems a gamble as to when to tap the sugar maple trees. In years past, we have tapped them at the first sign of sugaring weather only to regret it a week later. Early this morning my husband checked the extended forecast. The temperatures for the next 5 days showed daytime temperatures above … Read More