Visit the Farm
and Lardworks Fiber & Glass Studio. APPOINTMENT IS NEEDED Meet the gentle alpaca up close. Our educational tours take you from alpaca origins and care to learning how their delightfully soft fiber is processed and used in wearables and art. The tour also includes…
Fiber Art Classes
Have some FIBERY FUN…One day classes, include all materials and a warm, delicious farm to table style lunch. Many classes offered for all levels. A great thing to do with a group of friends! NEW! Ok so, it’s not a fiber arts class, but…
Class Videos
We now offer ‘how to’ online class video tutorials for both lampwork glass beadmaking as well as all kinds of felting and fiber art classes and even fly-tying tutorials. Some of the tutorials will be free, but you will also have an opportunity to…
Nature says your welcome – Skin Itches and Irritations
There is a lot of Yin and Yang in nature, especially it seems where plants are concerned. One plant gives you a belly ache if you eat it, the other helps sooth your belly ache. One mushroom can kill you; another can heal you….
Sticky Toffee Pudding Rum Cake
Once upon a time a couple fell in love and ran off to Scotland to be married in the lovely hamlet of Sterling.While on their honeymoon they had the great pleasure of enjoying a delightful dessert called Sticky Toffee Pudding. Yes, that couple was…
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Needle Felting Tools and Fibers plus Needling Techniques.
Is it alien to you? Thinking about learning to needle felt but feel a bit overwhelmed as to what supplies you need to get started or how best to begin? Don’t be scared, this blog and video tutorial will help.Find information about different felting…
Needle Felting a Festive Pumpkin Tutorial
This is a great starting point for someone that has not needle felted before, but wants to start with something a little more creative and challenging then felting a flat piece of felt using a cookie cutter as a guide. The video also covers…
Avid Gardeners need to be Best Friends with an Alpaca Farmer!
Alpacas are more then adorable to a gardener. There are two other reasons an avid gardener should make quick friends with someone who raises alpacas.
Bee Like a Dandelion
Dandelions are the first thing on the menu for early spring pollinators. They also provide humans with a delicious food source and have medicinal value as well.
The Herbs and Recipes Series – Chickweed, Kefir and Lentils make a Yummy and Healthy Combination
Finding unique recipes to use the healthy and flavorful Herbs and plants harvested on our farm is one of my passions. Lentil Meatballs tucked in Kefir/Sourdough Naan Bread garnished with Chickweed Greens, Matcha Sauce, Pickled Red Onions and Horseradish Verde Sauce. Recipes below. First…
Alpaca Farm, Gardening, Cooking, Felting, Dying & Making Glass Beads 