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Farm tour: Bees and fiber

In addition to giving my love to all of the farm animals, two farm highlights were beekeeping and weaving. When I learned of all the things that needed to be done around the farm, one of my bucket list farm to-do's was to dress up in a beekeeping outfit and see the bees at work. Mission accomplished. The only downside to this was that within one-hour of arriving to the farm, I got stung by a wasp on my wrist. Not only was my hand in a lot of pain, but as the day went on (and for the next 72 hours), my hand continued to swell - big time. I could barely use my hand. While my allergy to stings/bites is incredibly uncomfortable, I wasn't going to pass up on the opportunity to see the magic life of bees. Julie is extremely passionate about fiber spinning and weaving . She has several looms around the farm property and plenty of furry animals to help her pursue her love of spinning fiber into yarn. Inside the Sheppard's Croft (wher...