Runduna, Yaks, Gudun da Llamas Su ne "Iyali" a Tregellys Fiber Farm
Na san iyaye mata biyu waɗanda ba za su iya kiyaye sunayen 'ya'yansu ba. Don haka, ina farin ciki sosai kamar yadda Ed Cothey ya gai da raƙuma, yaks, awaki, llamas, tumaki, jakai, aladu, turkeys da karnuka yayin da yake gabatar da mu ga 150 ko dabbobin da suka raba gida a Tregellys Fiber Farm a Hawley , Massachusetts. Haka ne, na ce raƙuma!
Cothey tare da matarsa, Jody, sun sayi gonar Dodge mai lamba 1806 a shekarar 1994, kuma filin gona na tsohon dankalin turawa wanda ke kallon tuddai na Massachusetts na yammacin yanzu yana cikin gida ne na dabba mai yawan fiber da kuma mafi yawan kayan ado na halitta a Gabashin Gabas. , Shades Natural Kettle Dye Studio.
Sauyawar dukiya ta fara tare da nuna rashin amincewa. Cikin Cotheys sun sayi kullun bishiya don 'yan awaki, da kuma Tregellys, kalmar Magana da ake nufi da "gidaje masu ɓoye". Yawan kiwo ba su dadewa ba - "Ba na son madara a kowace rana," inji Cothey. Su maye gurbin sun kasance uku Llamas, aladu biyu da biyu Merino tumaki. "Ya fito ne daga can," inji shi.
Wannan makiyaya na "ɓoye" da ma'adinan dabbobinta, ɗakin zane-zane, ɗakin daji da kantin sayar da kayayyaki da yarns, raw fiber ga masu amfani da kayan aiki, kayan kaya da kayan aiki da aka gama da su sun cancanci kayar da hanyar da aka haƙa ko ma wani tafiya na musamman. Samun damar 2, hanyar Mohawk, Tregellys Fiber Farm ta karbi baƙi mafi yawan kwanaki daga spring ta hanyar fada tsakanin karfe 10 na safe da karfe 4 na yamma, amma zaka buƙatar kira gaba, (413) 625-9492, don bari masu sani su san ka ' sake dawowa. Makarantar da sauran ziyartar kungiya za a iya shirya ta hanyar ganawa - yara za su so ganin irin dabbobin da dama a cikin wani wuri maras zoo.
A ranar mako-mako, zaku iya kallon maigidan Jody McKenzie a lokacin aiki a cikin ɗakin zane.
Duk wanda ya ke son ya yi amfani da shi kuma wanda yake jin dadin fasaha mai kyau zai tafi idan sun ga ma'anar yarns McKenzie ke haifar. Skeins of yarn da kuma tsalle na raw fiber a cikin bakan gizo na Botanical hues line ganuwar kantin sayar da kantin sayar da gonaki, wanda ya hada da kayan aikin hannu, shawls, yadudduka da riguna, gyare-gyare da kayan zane da koda kitsan kaya tare da duk abin da kuke buƙatar ƙirƙirar sutura ta yin amfani da yarns na musamman.
Ed Cothey ya kasance manomi da mai kishin teku mai shekaru 28 kafin ya zo Amirka, kuma a lokacin hunturu na shekarar 1996, ya sauya basirar da aka koya a matsayin mai sana'ar kasuwanci a aikin saƙa. Hannun hannunsa na ɗaya daga cikin samfurori mafi mahimmancin gona, kuma wannan yana faɗi mai yawa, la'akari da cewa ba za ku iya saya raƙumi na raƙumi ba ko'ina.
A gaskiya, yawancin fiber da aka samar a Tregellys na mohair ne daga wata kabilar awaki na Angora. Yawancin motar suna haɗuwa da ulu da kuma tsalle a Green Mountain Spinnery a Putney, Vermont. Ƙararrun ƙwayoyi masu yawa sun fito ne daga tumaki na Navajo na Navajo Churro, Icelandic tumaki, Llamas, yaks da Bactrian ko raƙuma guda biyu.
Ed da Jody Cothey sun ceci dabbobi da dama da ke cikin hatsari kuma suna nema su samo jinsuna iri-iri, ciki har da wadanda basu da magunguna. Tregellys Fiber Farm yana gida ne don jakuna Baudet du Poitou, wanda ya yi imani cewa shi ne mafi tsofaffi kuma yana da jinsi a cikin duniya, kuma tsuntsaye masu kama da tsuntsaye na Mandarin daga China, baƙar fata daga Australiya da Shetland geese wadanda ba su da yawa a cikin Shetland Isles. Bess, raƙumi wanda ya bayyana a fim a cikin fim din Antonio Banderas "The Twelfth Warrior", ba shi da abinci kuma ba shi da hakki lokacin da Cotheys ta kawo ta "gida." Kowane dabba ba wai kawai sunan ba ne kawai amma labarin da yake da shi a cikin wannan "iyali" - ko da ƙananan yara, wanda ya yi aiki, ya bayyana, shi ne ya riƙe yaks a yatsunsa.
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Tregellys Fiber Farm, tare da masu dabba na dabba, ɗakin zane-zane, ɗakin fasaha da kantin sayar da kayayyaki da yarns, raw fiber ga masu kyauta, kaya da kayan aiki da kayan aiki, ya dace da kashe hanyar Mohawk ko ma ta musamman.
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Location: Tregellys Fiber Farm da Shades Natural Kettle Dye Studio suna located a 15 Dodge Branch Road a Hawley, Massachusetts.
Hanyar: Daga Route 91, dauka Route 2 (Mohawk Trail) West, wuce Shelburne Falls, kuma bayan bayanan, juya dama a kan Hanyar 112 Kudu zuwa Ashfield. A Ashfield / Buckland line, juya dama a kan Clesson Brook Road. Ci gaba da 2-1 / 2 mil kuma ku sanya hanyarku ta uku ta hanyar Dodge Road. Lokacin da hanyoyi ke tafiya, ci gaba da dama. Goma yana a ƙarshen wannan hanya ta datti. Daga Route 2 Gabas, juya zuwa hagu 112 ta Kudu zuwa Ashfield kuma ya ci gaba kamar yadda aka sama.
Kira Gaba: Dole ne ku kira gaba don yin shiri don ziyarci gona. Kira (413) 625-6448 don shirya ziyarar ku. Kuna iya aika adireshin Tregellys Fiber Farm, tregellysfibers@aol.com, don ƙarin bayani.
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