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The Sugar Maker of VT Grand View Farm
Tonight, the smoke rises from the chimney pipe, and steam billows out the windows of our little sugar house, as the Sugar Maker boils down the remainder of the sap. With 16 gallons lining the closet shelves, we will have plenty of syrup for the year, with some extra to sell or barter with. The buckets have been taken off … Read More
Counting Blessings
Since January, I have been reading Ann Voskamp’s book, One Thousand Gifts:A Dare to Live Fully Right Where You Are.” Ann challenges us to live each day with our eyes open, counting the many blessings laid out before us. In doing so, we experience deep gratitude and a fullness in life. I have embarked on her dare, to count one thousand … Read More
Waiting for Lambs on Grand View Farm
This weekend we readied the barn for lambing. With our first possible due dates just a week away, we needed to get our lambing area set up. We have a large horse stall in the barn that has become our laboring ward for the ewes. We keep a deep bed of hay there and only open it up when we … Read More
In Like a Lamb and Out Like a Lion
When I taught kindergarten in the public school, the children and I kept a weather calendar each month. For the month of March, I had a pocket full of cards that either had the face of a lion or the face of a lamb on them. Each day, we would decide if the day had calm, warm, weather like a … Read More
Fiber Classes & Farmstays at VT Grand View Farm
Spring Savings We have planned some exciting fiber art events for this summer, which we feel sure you will not want to miss! Sign up for our fiber classes before March 31 and save! Contact us to register for a class! Relax on the Porch Full Farm Immersion PackageExperience life on a rural Vermont sheep farm while attending a fiber art class or event … Read More