Country Craft Cottage	family and garden
Handmade products for hearth and home

Anna, Samuel and Mary look after animals and rake hay.  Our calves are raised for meat.
	Anna with her calf, George.	Samuel raking hay for sheep.	Mary at the pump getting water for animals.
Our Southdown sheep give us both meat and wool.		Barred Rock chickens are our egg layers.  We raise Cornish Cross chickens for meat.
We enjoy growing vegetables and fruits.				Many of our plants can be used for papermaking or for dyeing wool.  Papermaking:  iris leaves, beet tops, leek tops, pumpkin shells...Wool dye:  marigold, dahlia, zinnia, holly hock, black walnut hulls, rhubarb root...
	beets	strawberries	grapes
Flowers add color to the garden.
Our first good harvest of hazelnuts!  Center picture shows hazelnut on bush.
Winter of 2009/2010.  Lots of snow and shoveling!
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