SUMMER SOLSTICE ALMOST HERE!!!
How did we get here?!!
Two months ago I posted about our cashmere combing season, and from there I sort of lost track !! My apologies. Over the next week I’ll try to catchup on all the new happenings during March/April/May. Follow up on IG to stay up-to-date: chianti cashmere goat farm
Combing is a very intense, hands-on time for us, since we only have a very brief window of time to harvest this season’s cashmere. As luck would have it, I was contacted by a WONDERFUL American girl who was travelling around the world working on livestock farms to learn and experience farmlife, but especially SUSTAINABLE farming, which is what we practice and promote Chianti Cashmere
Sophie was undoubtedly the best ‘helper’ we’ve ever had - she came straight from 3 months working on a sheep farm in New Zealand, and jumped in with both feet! Together we captured, combed, wormed, vaccinated and trimmed toes of nearly 100 goats. combing cashmere goatsShe also entered all the important data we collect during combing into our data base, prepared fiber samples to send to the fiber lab who analizes our cashmere, and when push came to shove (literally) she helped me pull a dead, breach baby goat at the end of the day (farmlife gives you all you can handle, believe me!!)so, ….kudos to Sophia!
If she survived Chianti Cashmere she’ll do just fine!!!
Spring also means the start of our tourist season, so we have been hosting lots of travellers for ShepherdforaDay, Lunch under the Pergola, and FARM EXPERIENCES - Chianti Cashmere for families and groups who are interested in our FarmExperiences. This season has been exceptional for the fact that we have had LOTS of visitors from 10/20/30 years ago!
More on that in my next post !!
Stay tuned for what has happend since the end of May!! And see here what we have going over the summer months: Activities.
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