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Vermont’s Nor’easter
Nor’easter-a New England storm blowing from the northeast….. When the weather announcer uses the term “nor’easter,” we know a significant storm is on the horizon. This week’s storm has brought heavy wet snow to our area for several days in a row. The day before the storm, the sky was a brilliant blue, the sun cast little diamonds on the … Read More
Knitting a Gansey-Yarn Along
I am the kind of person that does not buy yarn, or fabric, unless I have an imminent purpose for it. I do one project at a time-start to finish. You will not find baskets sitting around my house with half finished knitting projects. That’s just me, a beginning to end kind of person. Marking off each row as I … Read More
The Journey of the Gotlands-Part 2
A modern day Noah’s Ark I guess it is sort of like a modern day Noah’s Ark,” a friend said after I explained how my new flock of Gotland sheep were getting from Oregon to Vermont. I sat and pondered the picture this brought to mind of my sheep riding in the livestock trailer as if in Noah’s Ark, surrounded … Read More
Gotland Holiday Sale at VT Grand View Farm
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Gotland Holiday Sale For the past two weeks, our new flock of Gotland sheep have been making their way across country to our farm. Their journey began in Oregon. The journey of the Gotlands has been long and we will be so happy when they finally reach Grand View Farm! In celebration of their anticipated … Read More
Small Farming Operations: The Tools of the Trade
When you think of farming, what images come to mind-tractors, hay elevators, wagons, animals, plows, baler, fertilizer spreader? Why of course, all of those pieces of equipment are what farmers need to do their job, right? Wrong. I am not saying that these things do not help the farmer, I am saying that not all farms need those things and … Read More