Treleven

Don and the bottle lamb

May was a busy and wet month on the farm.  The Annual Lamb Frolic on May 7, despite the earlier week of rain, was a beautiful day, attended by neighbors, friends, and the wonderful crew who helped birth the lambs.  We washed one of the newly shorn fleeces and will soon begin carding and spinning. The Invisible Odysseys Course (which starts August 17) was approved for graduate credit by Castleton State College. On May 26, the statewide celebration for 10 years of Touchpoints in Vermont, drew participants from every county of the state. Next will be the Faculty Retreat here on the farm and a series of new trainings around the state.  We look forward to beginning the Working Meditation Retreat series with the participation of child care directors who are part of the Culminating Seminar. Our first event for the teachers and program directors who are implementing the Education in Human Values Curriculum will take place June 20. This will be followed in July with a week long residency by a Buddhist Monk, who went to school with Susannah.  Hope you can join us.

End of Lambing Season Breakfast

April Happenings on the Farm.

Lambing Season a great success! We finished the 2011 lambing season admirably with the help of 30 students and local friends who took turns spending a night in the barn office to help birth the lambs! Many thanks to Xiauxue Weng who organized the volunteers (with coaching from Yuki Yoshida). Don Mitchell did an introductory workshop for interested parties, everyone arrived on time and  took care of the bottle babies during their tenure! Some groups just waited and watched and others were busy all night. There will be a lamb frolic celebration for all on May 7 from 3:00 – 5:00.

The Treleven Board Meeting took place April 23 and we are beginning to hone our ideas about the direction of the organization. Please take a look at the minutes, which are  posted on the Transparency Page.  We are especially looking forward to hosting the class for teachers interested in learning more about the experience of migrant workers on Vermont Farms.

Friends from Singapore, Malaysia, and Portland hold the babies they helped to deliver.

Feeding Bottle Babies

Major goals of Treleven are to share the life of the farm and the excitement of our individual work with others. Any of our board members may be posting updates here. If you’d like to join them, let us know.

On the farm: The record snow fall is beginning to recede from the woods and pastures, and the ewes are now visibly pregnant. We are looking forward to lambing season which will begin on April 9.  Last year a group of Yuki Yoshida’s friends and Don’s students took turns spending the night in the barn office to help deliver babies.

Now that the driveway no longer requires constant plowing, we are beginning to plan events on the farm. We hope you will join us, or perhaps propose a skill share of your own.