Had a great time this weekend at Vermont Knit Camp’s winter event: Knitting within Walls. Good food, nice weather for snowshoeing and lots of new fiber friends. And I got a lot of knitting done. Seyon Lodge was a great place. The hosts were welcoming, the rooms clean and comfortable … Read More
I’m off this afternoon to “Knitting within Walls”, the winter version of Vermont Knit Camp. It’s being held at Seyon Lodge in nearby Groton State Forest, so it’s just down the road a bit. I’m looking forward to a relaxing weekend of knitting, eating and visiting with fellow knitters/fiber enthusiasts. … Read More
There’s nothing more depressing in mid-winter than a warm rain. The 40+ degree weather and heavy rain yesterday took us down to bare ground in all our paths and drives, but the unplowed ground is still white. Temps are below freezing this morning, so our fields are all ice. No … Read More
Join us at the Vermont Farm Show next Tues. Ron will be there all day at the Vermont Llama & Alpaca Assoc display with a couple of our alpacas. The show is held at the Barre Auditorium. Jan 26-28.
Our Beginner Handspinning class started yesterday. I, for one, had a great time! All the participants are current or future alpaca owners, so we’ll spend a lot of time playing with and talking about alpaca fiber. Handspinning can be a little frustrating at first, but this group did amazingly well … Read More
Registration for the North American Alpaca Show opened this morning. Spring is on the way! We’ll reserve our pens today for the two males we’ll be showing: our white multi-champion, Snowshoe Aristides, and our juvie male, Snowshoe Pharoah. We’ll also reserve space for a suri male, Christopher, owned by our … Read More
On Sunday we moved the chickens into their remodeled winter coop. These are some very happy hens. They have lots more room to roam and (hopefully) are secure from predators. The move came just in time to save us from having to dig through snow out to the summer coop … Read More
Check out this article about our friends and fellow alpaca breeders at Foggy Bottom Ranch in nearby Landaff, NH. Kathy and Tracey have worked so hard to build a really beautiful farm!
Welcome 2010! There’s a bit of light snow falling this morning, but the temps are mild – 20’s. Our goal today is to finish the upgrade to the winter chicken coop. We want to move the hens before we have to shovel our way through a big storm to their … Read More