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SHED SHIT - Alpaca poo for spring gardening www.shedchetwynfarms.com

Spring Gardening....

SHED SHIT - Our air-cured and ground alpaca bean products - great for enhancing the soil with extra nutrients (1.2.1) Available in 2 forms - Bag of Beans - (1lb $10.00) Sprinkle around plants and seedlings, or "Tea-Bags" (2x 1oz bags $7.50) allow to steep in water and pour on seedlings and transplants!  From our friend Carson Arthur......

"As this trend of growing heirloom vegetables continues, there seems to be a transition away from synthetic fertilizers to feed them. This isn’t surprising as ‘GMO-messaging’ and benefits of organic food information becomes mainstream. As a result, health conscious homeowners like myself are returning to using manure as a soil conditioner.

 

 

 

 

Among several new international designers who design with conscious luxury in mind – AND use recycled and/or natural fibres to generate low impact on the environment – This year we are especially pleased to be working with a design cooperative from Peru that empowers more than 100 women, trained in weaving techniques, given leadership and financial skills and lead by designer Marilu Livia.

We first fell in love with the County when we...

When the alpaca are shorn in the spring months, the fleece is graded according to quality and stored in bags ready to sort, clean and organise later in the year.  Sheering took place last year on the first weekend of June 2021.  Along with our sheerer, a small team collected, bagged, tagged and stored the fleece, ready for us to work on this past winter.  

Chetwyn Farms is an active and popular working alpaca farm that welcomes visitors from around the world, hosts VIP events, lectures, tours and presents workshops during the operating season which runs daily 11-4 mid May until Christmas.  The “farm-cottage” is a turn-of-the-century “Loyalist” cottage with wide-plank floors, abundant views to the pastures and outfit for an extraordinary stay in a unique one-of-a-kind setting in Prince Edward County. 

 

This was a fabulous property offering a superior experience for the whole family. Learning about the Alpacas was an incredibly unique experience and this working farm was simply excellent.

Date of arrival - February 18, 2022