9 Sep 2010

Experience Farm Life

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Announcing our NEW (and the first ever) AgEx shares!Agricultural Experience Shares allow our shareholders to follow their dreams, gain hands-on agricultural experiences, participate in daily farming activities, and learn new skills. Each share includes one nights stay in our Bed & Breakfast, a full country style breakfast, lunch, and a full day of instruction. AgEx shareholders may become a shepherd … Read More
22 Aug 2010

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Sachem Farmhouse and Bed & Breakfast This past Friday, I packed my dye pots and a few dye plants in the back of my van and headed off to Sachem Farmhouse and Bed & Breakfast in Warren, CT to teach a Natural Dye Workshop. Jennifer King is one of those fortunate individuals who lives and works on the same land … Read More
18 Aug 2010

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It is amazing what you can fit into a mini-van. Our family van has been used for many things over the years. We have hauled hay, straw, bags of grain, lumber, furniture, chickens, children, and luggage, but never sheep. Yesterday, a woman arrived to our farm from Ohio in her mini-van. The two back seats had been taken out and … Read More
11 Aug 2010

Drop Spindles, Skein Winders, and Knitting Needles

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  The 8 children and 5 moms who attended Sheep & Wool Camp at our farm in late July spent five days playing with drop spindles, skein winders, knitting needles, and wool. Families from as far away as New York City and as close as Brookfield, VT became immersed in farm life and fiber arts for an entire week. Camp … Read More

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