Guest House Remodel
A simple painting project quickly turned into a two week remodel when we
decided to texturize the walls and replace the trim in the guest house. Our
board president, Todd Ericson, got us off to a very good start but we had to
call in the big guns to finish the job. Mike and Sandy and Gary all came to
lend a hand with tearing out the old trim, hanging plastic, taping, spraying,
painting, hanging new trim and cleaning. We are sincerely grateful for their
help (and especially for the Giordano’s pizza that Gary brought to keep us
going).
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Todd and Madeline priming.
Old trim gone.
Spraying the texture. I even got rid of the flower wall paper in my office.
Sandy painting.
Sandy and Lois cleaning.
Putting up the new trim.
First Lambs
Our first Suffolk lambs were born to “Siler” (named after our sheep-loving friend
Dennis from Living Waters Bible Camp) on January 31. Our last ewe, “Scrungy,”
delivered this morning for a total of twelve lambs from six ewes. Unfortunately
one was still born, but the rest are thriving. We expect our Icelandics to start
lambing around the first of March.
Weaving Class
Late last fall Harvest Home Farm received a donation of a loom. Larry and Lois
already have it set up and warped. They took a weaving class at the Fiber Gar-
den in Black River Falls last weekend to learn the basics. After we gain exper-
ience, we hope to use weaving as another skill to teach families and another way
to use the fiber we grow. We should have plenty of fiber to keep the loom loaded.
Handspun Yarn
With the help of Deb Jones at the Fiber Garden in Black River Falls, Becky
washed, carded and spun her first skein of yarn from an Icelandic lamb that
was born and raised at Harvest Home Farm.
The Alpacas Are Here…
I traveled down to Elkhorn, WI, last week to pick up 5 young male alpacas that
were donated to the ministry by Sugar Creek Alpacas. Their names are Fred,
William, Diego, Butterscotch and Phinneas. They each have unique color and
features but we’re still keeping their different colored halters on until we learn the
differences. We got them out tonight for a photo shoot. They didn’t like the bor-
der collies, but otherwise they were easy to handle and great with the kids
(and Nana). We are excited to learn about these fascinating creatures and their
fabulous fiber.
Group shot.
MJ and William.
Gus and Fred.
Megan and Butterscotch.
Phinneas, Diego and William.