Country fairs abound in the villages of Vermont in the summer and early fall months. These fairs began as a way for the local farmers to showcase their produce and animals from which they earned their livelihood. Selecting their best vegetables, flowers, canned goods, maple syrup, hand crafted items, cows, chickens, pigs, sheep, and goats, they would travel to the … Read More

Shearing Day! My little goats lost their coats last week. Thankfully it was a warm and sunny day when we had a shearer come to shear the goats. The goats were quite curious about these two people who had come sniffing them as they set up. Fern and her little doeling Charlotte went first. Fern was not very vocal but … Read More

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.