The apple (Malus domestica) was brought to North America in the 17th century by colonists. At one time there were thousands of varieties of apples with greatly differing sizes, shapes, colours and markings. There were early, midseason and late varieties for fresh eating, varieties for winter storage and others for baking, drying and cider. Sadly, […]
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The Icelandic Fleece Project – Part 1 (An Overview)
In October of 2014 our Fibreshed team had the great pleasure of witnessing the first shearing of the small flock of Icelandic sheep at Leila Bee’s Round Table Farms. See our blog of November 10, 2014 for the video Ron McInnis generously filmed and edited for the Fibreshed. Needless to say the arrival of our […]
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