All of the spring babies on our farm are growing up fast. Ina’s two lambs, Daisy and Doughnut, are so big now that sometimes I can hardly spot them in the field. They look as big as the other sheep as they graze. The baby goats, Valentine and Charlotte are almost too big for me to pick up and hold. … Read More

Market Day The sunny warm weather brought everyone out to market today! I think it was the first time all season that we have been to farmer’s market and actually had the sun shining. Indigo blue yarn seemed most popular as well as the naturally dyed silk/wool scarves which I dyed over the summer.

That @$#&*$ Fox! THAT BLASTED FOX!!! He stalked our barn every night for three weeks when our baby goats were first born. He finally struck early evening. I am sooo mad at him! I went out to feed our meat birds who are in poultry netting behind the barn. I went out, opened the door of the main part of … Read More

Yesterday. was a BLUE day, Indigo Blue. Two new fiber friends joined me for a day of dyeing. We started by watching the indigo pot do its magic turning our skeins from green to blue as we pulled the yarn out of the pot. It wasn’t long before all of my skeins lined the yard and I was running back … Read More

Some Things Deserve a Second Look Many of us underestimate the abilities of young children. As a public school teacher I strongly disliked what I called “paper bag crafts”. We have all seen these kinds of crafts where the teacher makes a model and all 24 children make the exact same thing. There is just something wonderful about allowing the … Read More