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Pasture Raised Lamb
Hello! For those of you who don’t know me, my name is Ivar Groves, and I live on a 10-acre homestead near Northfield, Minnesota with my parents and five siblings.…
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A Day at Blissful Bee Pastures
Two years ago we hosted a maple syruping workshop at our farm, teaching the basics of tapping maple trees and evaporating maple syrup. One of the families that attended this…
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March On The Farm
I woke up this morning to 8 inches of snow that fell last night. We ate breakfast, and then I went out to the barn to do chores and see…
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Learning from a Master: My Apprenticeship in Texas
Since I was young, I have always wanted to pursue Woodworking as a future career. The problem, however, is that there is no one in our area that has the…
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Raising Hardy Sheep
When my dad bought the first sheep for our farm several years ago, we had no idea what we were doing. You can’t, after all, coming from a city background…
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Picking Up The Sheep
A few years ago, we had a big brown Katahdin ram that we bought from a farm in Wisconsin. He was a great ram, and he bred every one of…
Hi, I’m Ivar
I live on a farm with my parents and five siblings. We raise sheep, chickens, pigs, rabbits, and honeybees on our farm in southern Minnesota. I am raising a flock of hardy Katahdin sheep on pasture. I enjoy woodworking and hope to share many of my projects with you.
Welcome to my Workshop!