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Ep 202 Hulse Hill Farm: Mr. Whipple – Please Don’t Squeeze The Cashmere
October 18, 2023

You know how theres always someone who not only goes the extra mile, but looks good while they do it? And does it with a genuine smile, to top it off. Thats Christine Hulse, from Hulse Hill Farm. Just outside of Cooperstown on a little slice of heave

Ep 201 Jillian McEwen: Clair de Lun(an Bay)
October 09, 2023

On todays podcast, transport yourself to the lonely, glorious green pastures of the eastern side of Scotland. We have a lovely conversation with Jillian McEwen of Lunan Bay Farms, and among many of our topics, we spoke of the joys of farming on the shor

Ep 200 Phil Pass: All Things Must Pass...But Not The Scottish Bonnet
September 25, 2023

Elara and I met Phil Pass last month on our travels in Scotland at the House of Tartan in Crieff. We struck up a conversation with him and noticed that they had a Go Fund Me campaign that said Keep Scottish Bonnets Alive in Scotland. He described what it

Ep 199 Leicester Longwool: Everything's Not Always Black and White
September 12, 2023

As we continue the Tartan & Tweed tour in the United Kingdom, Elara follows up last week's interview with Barry's partner Chris Sander. Chris takes Elara on a tour of the farm and their prized rams and ewes. Chris discusses the different col

Ep 198 Can He Bakewell or What? The Lustrous Leicester Longwool
August 31, 2023

We're excited to announce that we're in the midst of our Tartan and Tweed Tour 2023! The one stop we couldn't miss along the M-1 was a visit to Leicester, home of Robert Bakewell - the man who transformed agricultural practices as we know

Ep 197 Audra Hall: Brave(ly) Flowing Lochs
July 31, 2023

The big UK trip is almost here, and were prepping for the Edinburgh Castle Tattoo with a visit to the National Western Stock Show, and the Scottish Highland Cattle show. Those bagpipes and tartans get us every time, no matter what the event.In todays p

Ep 196 Dr. Drew Conroy: It Takes a Village to Do More Tillage
July 13, 2023

Today we have a (Elara-has-had-too-much-coffee-and-dirt) podcast interview with Andrew Conroy, B.S., M.S., PhD, who is a two-time Fulbright Scholar, professor at the University of New Hampshire, and man who can claim way too many other accomplishments to

Ep 195 Anne DeRousie: Row, Row, Your Red Cattle Ashore
June 28, 2023

So first...today you'll be hearing from Anne DeRousie, a board member of the breed organization known as Red Devon USA, who also happens to be the resident history buff. We love those. Our conversation took place on a beautiful balmy and slightly br

Ep 194 Ashley Hahn: It's a Candycorn Frizzle Polish World
June 10, 2023

In all of the mad rushing about around the country, sometimes we forget that there are some really fantastic things close to home. This weeks podcast celebrates that with a trip to nearby Ramona for the Family Farm Expo, put on by the folks at Roobeez.

Ep 193 DeLayne Harmon and Ella May – The Goddesses of Springtime and (re)Growth
May 22, 2023

Straight from the Clairmont neighborhood Garden Walk, growing maven DeLayne Harmon will join us today on our podcast to tell us more about the how one earns the title Master Gardener.Its a happy and sad one for us today, but especially in this month, r