Dave and Marnie Naphtali - North Beach Farm

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Dave and Marnie Naphtali

Felted Fleece Rugs and Covers

Felted Fleece Rugs and Covers

You may remember a post from last year advertising a fleece for sale which would make a perfect felted rug. Well, we decided to go ahead and felt the rug (shown above) ourselves over the winter. This season we decided to let our sheep's fleeces grow a little longer and

North Beach Blueberry and Raspberry News Update

Blueberry season is over! Our blueberry varieties include Duke, Bluecrop, Bergitta, Olympia, Darrow and Toro. While not certified organic, North Beach Farm is dedicated to naturally grown produce using only organic fertilizers and weeding and mulching by hand. Our pollinators are native to the surroundings, most commonly the bumble bee

New Lambs on the Farm

New Lambs on the Farm

Last spring we had 5 healthy lambs born on the farm. Dorey's Flip is pictured above. His sister Fiona is seen below with Lola's single, Fred. Maeve's twins Fabio and Felesia are shown below. These lambs wool fleeces are at the mill for processing into yarn this spring. We will

Sheep Fibre Featured

Gotland Sheep

North Beach Farm breeds Gotland Sheep registered with the American Gotland Sheep Society. Our recorded ewe Luna and recorded ram Berg have produced three wonderful, registered ewes over the past three years, Crystal, Daisy and most recently, Emily. Berg and our three Gotland/BFL foundation ewes and our two recorded

Our Fleeces have been skirted and have been sent to the Mill

Our Fleeces have been skirted and have been sent to the Mill

We have completed the shearing and skirting of our fleeces and they have been sent to the mill to spin some exotic yarns. While we have sold out yarns from previous years, we are hoping to have these new yarns available at the farm this summer. Notice of new arrivals

"Sheep to Sweater" - Hand Crafted on Salt Spring Island

We came up with the idea of producing hand crafted sweaters direct from our farm. We had our two daughter-in-laws Katie and Celine independently pick out a pattern that they would like. The only stipulation was the patterns contain the natural colours of our sheep. A few years back, Marnie

Gotland Sheep have Personality

Gotland Sheep have Personality

Crystal has become enamoured of our dog Charlee. They even shared a kiss!