Today is Savannah's birthday. Five years old. She was our first CVM born here. Here she is, just minutes born, sitting pretty and ready to be licked by her mother, Memphis.And here she is this morning celebrating her birthday, sheepishly avoiding the camera.
Looks like NH is closing in on the number 2 spot for the snowiest winter since records were kept in the 1880's. It started snowing in the late night and we have another 6 inches at this point. No one is in the mood for this anymore. It's heavy and braking branches,...
My mind and hands have been in dyepots the past few weeks. In between tending the farm and working my "day job" it's been a whirlwind! I have started a rather lengthy but useful dye study. I am studying, through dye tests, how each of the natural dyes I sell for...
I tried my hand at needle felting this week and was able to put together two sheep, a rabbit and some tomatoes and carrots! I followed instructions to get started and now I see the ideas are limitless! It's great to have the project available as you can needle away...
Buck and Ike are very popular boys in our neighborhood....check out their website for some good local yore. Click on "Our Videos" for some clips of the boys. The Tutorial video is a good one to see about working with oxen. http://www.buckandike.org/
Emily took natural dyes to task for her science fair project in Wadsworth, Ohio. The following is a note explaining the project from her mom, Michelle. Great job, Emily. Congratulations!I spoke to you back in December and ordered cochineal dye and mordants for my...
I asked Emily's mom, Michelle to give a bit more detail about the project and below is her report. I was interested in Emily's use of metal mordants which are not recommended for dyeing as they are not safe for the dyer and the environment. But this was a science...
Yesterday was one of miserable weather days we can all do without. We have a 20" base of snow and all Friday night and Saturday it poured buckets of rain. About 4PM we took a look in the basement and said "oh, oh". We have a typical basement for an antique home in New...
Saturday morning Jack went to the barn to do the chores and when he arrived all the sheep were out in the paddock which is completely unusual as they usually all flood the barn to say hello. Jack could hear a light pawing sound on an adjacent barn wall. He rounded to...
About the snow! We are just about out of room to put anymore here! Currently NH is having the sixth snowiest winter since the records were kept in the 1800's with a total snowfall to date of 111 inches. The grand total to beat is 122" and we could do it yet with 45...
