Thornwood Farm

February 13, 2012

Yay hooray! I finally, after only 5 years of meaning to, took fiber samples and sent them in for testing! Woot! And then, even better, it turns out I have an actual cashmere goat herd. I know you're surprised, but really, when I first got the goats they were in pretty bad shape and I wondered if they could ever amount to anything good. I'm thrilled to find out they are just pretty darned good cashmere goats. I am making a new page just for the test results as soon as I figure out how. The results came to me in PDF format and I'm trying to somehow get that posted here.

I have begun combing the 2012 crop with renewed enthusiasm. One of my favorite cashmere combing youtube videos is from Cashmere Canada, however she says that it should take about 20 minutes to comb a goat. For me it's more like an hour and 20 minutes. I must be doing something wrong, still.

We were going to build a castle....

Castle Thornwood has turned into Thornwood Farm. On Nov. 11, 2007, we received 16 goats and a sheep from a fellow who had, that spring, rescued the goats from the field where they were among the dead and dying of their formerly 60+ animal herd. As of October 2010, we have a herd of 33 healthy, happy, beautiful goats. They are cashmere goats.

Our aim is to have a permaculture farm with a sustainable community of people, plants and animals. So far "we" have animals and forest, and me.

What We Offer (or, would like to offer!)

• Cashmere fleece, spinnable and/or yarn
• Cashmere buck service
• Weed and brush control
• Sponsor-A-Goat
• 4H cashmere kid project lease
• Party kids
• Education opportunities in permaculture, goats, chickens, starting a farm, alternative construction materials and techniques, and more...

 Please contact us anytime! We look forward to hearing from you.

Sheela, the LGD, and Molly, the herd dog to be.