Holidays at Chetwyn Farms
Winter is upon us early this year at Chetwyn Farms. The alpaca love the early snowfall and colder temperatures after a long, hot and humid summer. We look forward to...
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Designers We LOVE! Kelly McClure - Bohoknits PEC
When we first started looking for local design & knitting talent we met Kelly McClure from Bohoknits -Kelly designs knitting and crocheting patterns in Prince Edward County. She has...
Designers We Love - Sam Lamb
Winter is the perfect time to introduce you to one of the designers we love - and she is both a designer and exceptional knitter! From a casual conversation in...
Christmas at Chetwyn Farms 2017
With the dwindling of daylight on the farm and the poetry of changing seasons it seems that winter might finally soon be upon the County! Join us this holiday season at...
2017 Season starts at Chetwyn Farms
We celebrate our fourth year in business in 2017. From the ground-up we’re growing - based on the success of the last couple of years! Thank-you to everyone who has...
Last Blast of Winter?
We do lots of planning on the farm over the winter months. Local knitters are working on new designs as we take delivery of yarn back from the mills. This...
Holidays at Chetwyn Farms
Summer seems but a distant memory as autumn and winter descends on the farm!.....The alpaca are settling into a cooler-weather routine! Our small chicken coop (aka the pop-up farm shop)...
Cover Model - ZEUS our champion Stud!
We knew he was an amazing alpaca - now readers of Camalid Quarterly do too! Zeus was one of the first alpaca cria born at Chetwyn Farms. His striking good...
Mistletoe Magic Show November 14 10-4
Join us at the Mistletoe Magic Artisan Show & Sale on Saturday November 14th from 10am to 4 pm. This year the show moves to Ackerman Hall, at Albert College...
Re-broadcast of a radio interview Spring 2015
Many visitors to our farm have asked how we became alpaca farmers. The answers and more about our lives in the county raising alpaca and enjoying rural life on a...
SHED at PEC Garden Show
Were bringing our alpaca - Pippa, Tazi, June-bug and Beau! Stop by and see our selection of seeds from Edible Antiques - SHED SHIT - The best organic soil enhancer AND...
Edible Antiques in the SHED - How's YOUR garden grow?
In the SHED we recently discovered that all seeds are not created equal! We were looking for heirloom & heritage seeds to start in our raised square foot gardens this...
International year of soils
The 68th UN General Assembly declared 2015 the International Year of Soils. In this first series of blogs looking at the value of soil - We asked Carson Arthur who is an outdoor...
Frantic Fibre Friday!
This time of year were in the final stages of designing and creating our 2015 spring collection. The raw fibre we sheered from our alpaca last spring is the basis of this years collection....