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A Shawl for a Shepherd Friend
Joining Ginny this week for Yarn Along to share a story about a shawl for a shepherd friend. It seems fitting that as I have been knitting the past two weeks, I have also been reading a book titled The Art and Science of Shepherding, as I have been knitting a gift for a shepherding friend. (The book deserves its own … Read More
Ask the Shepherd~Livestock Guardian Animals Part III~ Guard Llamas
Guard Llamas This post ends a series on livestock guardian animals. We have interviewed shepherds who use miniature donkeys and shepherds who use livestock guardian dogs, and today, I will share some thoughts on guard llamas. We have one guard llama who lives with our sheep year round on our farm. Since bringing her to VT Grand View Farm, we … Read More
The Floating Bridge~One of Vermont’s Hidden Secrets
Guest Post by Anna Goodling The Floating Bridge~One of Vermont’s hidden secrets, lies in the small Vermont town of Brookfield, affectionately called “Pond Village” by the locals. The New England village is located along one side of Sunset Lake, its houses and barns hugging the shoreline. The whole village is miniscule – perched there on the edge of the lake, … Read More
Three Pizza Recipes From Our Wood-Fired Oven
My husband is a good sport. He married a visionary, and I am not sure he fully understood what that meant when he married me. I constantly look at things from a different viewpoint than most other people. I tend to see the potential in something, and have a vision for what it could be. About five years ago, I … Read More
The Letter “L” ~ Sunday Stills
Sharing in Ed’s Sunday Stills this week. “L” is for lake. Sunset Lake lies in the center of Brookfield, Vermont, a quaint New England village. The oldest standing floating bridge in the United States spans the lake where locals come to fish and swim. A mama hippo and her baby, sculpted out of granite by a local artist, watch over … Read More