Ngamila, Yaks, Mbuzi ndi Llamas Ndi "Banja" ku Tregellys Fiber Farm
Ndikudziwa amayi awiri omwe sangathe kutchula mayina a ana awo molunjika. Kotero, ndinadabwa kwambiri kuti Ed Cothey adalonjera mwachikondi ngamila, yaks, mbuzi, llamas, nkhosa, abulu, nguruwe, nkhuku ndi agalu monga dzina pamene adatiwuza nyama 150 zomwe zimakhala kunyumba kwake ku Tregellys Fiber Farm ku Hawley , Massachusetts. Inde, ndinati ngamila!
Cothey ndi mkazi wake, Jody, anagula munda wa 1806 wa Dodge m'chaka cha 1994, ndipo malo okongola omwe kale anali munda wa mbatata omwe akuyang'anizana ndi mapiri a kumadzulo kwa Massachusetts tsopano ali ndi zinyama zokhala ndi zinyama komanso zojambulajambula zokongola kwambiri ku East Coast , Shades Natural Dye Studio Studio.
Kusintha kwa nyumbayo kunayamba ndi chizindikiro chowoneka chopanda pake. A Cotheys ankagula malonda a nkhuni, ndipo Tregellys, mawu achi Cornish omwe amatanthawuza kuti "nyumba zobisika," anabadwa. The mkaka mbuzi sizinathe nthawi yayitali - "Sindinkafuna kukaka tsiku lililonse," anatero Cothey. Amalowa m'malowa anali atatu a llamas, nkhumba ziwiri ndi nkhosa ziwiri za Merino. Iye adati:
Masitolo omwe amagwira ntchito, omwe amagwira ntchito, komanso okhala ndi zinyama, amavala studio, studio yofiira komanso malo ogulitsira malonda. Kupezeka pa Njira 2, Mohawk Trail, Tregellys Fiber Farm amalandira alendo masiku ambiri kuyambira masika pakati pa 10 ndi 4 koloko madzulo, koma muyenera kuyitanira patsogolo, (413) 625-9492, kubweranso. Sukulu ndi maulendo ena angakonzedwenso ndi kusankhidwa - ana adzakonda kuona nyama zosiyana siyana pamalo osakhala zoo.
Pa masiku a sabata, nthawi zambiri mumatha kuyang'ana dody Jody McKenzie kuntchito ku studio ya dae.
Aliyense amene amakonda kukomedwa ndi amene amayamika zovala zabwino adzalandira ga-ga akamawona zitsulo zodabwitsa zomwe McKenzie amapanga. Zosakaniza za ulusi ndi zitsulo zamtundu wofiira mu utawaleza wazitsulo zazitsamba zimayendera makoma a sitolo ya malonda, yomwe imapanganso ziboliboli zopangidwa ndi manja, shawls, mipira ndi makina, zomangira ndi kupaka zovala komanso ngakhale kitsulo zonse ndi zonse zomwe mukufunikira kuti muzipanga zithunzithunzi kugwiritsa ntchito zipangizo zosiyana.
Ed Cothey anali mlimi komanso asodzi wa zaka 28 asanafike ku America, ndipo m'nyengo yozizira ya 1996, adasintha luso lophunzira nsomba ku ntchito yoweta. Manja ake handwovens ndi amodzi mwa mapulogalamu apadera kwambiri pa famu, ndipo izi zimanena zambiri, poganizira kuti simungagule ngamila kumalo alionse.
Ndipotu, zambiri za fiber zomwe zimapangidwa ku Tregellys ndizochokera kwa fuko la Angora mbuzi. Zambiri mwa zolembazo zimaphatikizidwa ndi ubweya ndi kutsukidwa ku Green Mountain Spinnery ku Putney, Vermont. Mitundu yambiri yamakono imatulutsidwa ndi nkhosa za Navajo Churro, omwe amagwira ntchito ku famu, nkhosa za Iceland, llamas, Yaks ndi Bactrian kapena ngamila ziwiri.
Ed ndi Jody Cothey amapulumutsa zinyama zambiri zowonongeka ndikufuna kubzala mitundu yosawerengeka, kuphatikizapo zambiri zomwe sizili zofiira. Masamba a Tregellys a Fiber ndi a Baudet du Poitou abulu, amakhulupirira kuti ndi akale kwambiri ndi abulu ambirimbiri abulu padziko lapansi, ndipo mbalame zosawerengeka kuphatikizapo abakha a Mandarin ochokera ku China, a black swans ochokera ku Australia ndi a Shetland omwe sapezeka ku Shetland Islands. Bess, ngamila yomwe inkawonetsedwa pa filimu mu filimu ya Antonio Banderas "The Thirteen Warrior," anali osoŵa zakudya ndipo analibe mtima pamene Cotheys anamubweretsa "kunyumba." Nyama iliyonse ilibe dzina lokha koma nkhani yapaderayi komanso yofunika mu "banja" ili - ngakhale galu wamng'ono, wokondweretsa, yemwe ntchito yake, inkawoneka, inali kusunga yaks pazendo zawo.
Tsamba Lotsatira: Ngati mukupita ...
Masamba a Fregellys a Fiber, omwe ali ndi zinyama zakutchire, kupanga studio, dye studio ndi masitolo ogulitsira malonda omwe amawombera anthu, opanga makina opangira tizilombo tokongola, opanga makina ogwiritsira ntchito manjawo, amatha kutseka njira ya Mohawk kapena ulendo wapadera.
Ngati mukupita ...
Malo: Tregellys Fiber Farm ndi Shades Natural Kettle Dye Studio ali pa 15 Dodge Branch Road ku Hawley, Massachusetts.
Malangizo: Kuchokera njira 91, tengani njira 2 (kumtunda wa Mohawk Trail), kudutsa pa Shelburne Falls, ndipo mutangotha kuwoloka, pitani ku Njira 112 Kumwera ku Ashfield. Pa mzere wa Ashfield / Buckland, tembenuzirani pomwepo pa Clesson Brook Road. Pitirizani maulendo 2-1 / 2 ndikupatulira ku Dodge Road. Pamene msewuwo umafukula, pitirizani kumanja. Mundawu uli kumapeto kwa msewu wauve. Kuyambira Njira 2 Kum'mawa, tembenuzirani kumanzere pa Njira 112 Kumwera ku Ashfield ndipo pitirizani monga momwe tafotokozera pamwambapa.
Fufuzani Patsogolo: Muyenera kuyitanitsa patsogolo kuti mupite ku famu. Itanani (413) 625-6448 kuti mukonzekere ulendo wanu. Mungathenso kuitanitsa Tregellys Fiber Farm, tregellysfibers@aol.com, kuti mudziwe zambiri.
Tsamba Lotsatira: Zithunzi Zambiri za Tregellys Fiber Farm