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Feeding Sheep…for a Clean Fleece

Posted in Farm, Fiber, Goats, tagged , on July 30, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Those of you who raise sheep particularly for their wool for hand-spinning and other fiber arts, know the importance – and value – of a CLEAN fleece! By clean, I mean as free from “vegetable matter”  (what we call VM ) as is possible. It all boils down to HOW we feed our sheep, economically [...]

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I’m back…from Castle Farm’s Fiber Festival!

Posted in Farm, Fiber, Goats, cheese on July 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m happy to report I’m back from Charlevoix’s Castle Farm Fiber Festival. It was wonderful to visit old fiber friends and meet and talk with new artisans too! The show was full-up with 60 vendors! There was so much beautiful fiber works and fiber-related art (in many medias…leather, sculpture, rug-hooking, jewelry, etc). Something for everyone to be [...]

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Give us this day…

Posted in Farm, Goats on July 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »

 
 
 
 

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Jet has a New Home!

Posted in Farm, Goats, cheese on July 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Hello my dear friends!
I’m happy to report, Jet, my Alpine wether (that’s what we call a castrated buck), has found a wonderful new home with his new owner, Carl. YIPPEE! Carl is 10-years-old and is quite the helper around the farm! He plans to join 4-H and show Jet in pack and agility! Jet has ‘personality [...]

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A Happy 4th of July!

Posted in Farm, tagged on July 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

 
Did you know…
During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the American colonies from Great Britain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia. After voting for independence, Congress turned its attention to the Declaration [...]

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