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The Monitor Elm
l We have some great old trees on our property, but the tall one-hundred-year-old elm tree is the grandest of them all. It rises straight up from the roadside and then opens up like a fountain in the sky. I … Continue reading
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More Lambs in Winter
Last year we vowed we would not do this again. No more lambs in dead of winter. Lambing season is traditionally in spring, mostly because it is easier on the farmers. Rams are kept apart from ewes to delay rutting; … Continue reading
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Tagged bottle lambs, shearing, sheep, vermont, Vermont wool, vermont yarn, vt, wool, yarn
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The Farm at VYCC
The Farm at the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps I waited with Nicole beside the greenhouse for the afternoon crew to arrive from Winooski. We had already selected the flats of red onion seedlings, dunked them in fish emulsion, and laid … Continue reading
Posted in food insecurity, immigrants, Vermont wool, VYCC
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Winter in Ewetopia
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Lambs in Winter
It was a freezing cold morning in early January when Art woke me with the news. “We have a lamb,” he said. “Oh, no.” We were afraid of this – we expected the lambs to arrive early this year, but … Continue reading
Autumn at Ewetopia Farm
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Asterix
Asterix As farmers, we are not supposed to be sentimental about our animals, but we are. Particularly about our bottle lambs – those lambs abandoned by their mothers, who we scoop up into our arms and care for like they … Continue reading
Needle felted animals
New from Ewetopia Farm: Needle Felted Animals. We offer needlefelting kits with all the materials and instructions for making your own fluffy animals. Find us on Fridays at the Richmond Farmers Market.
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