Elaine Vandiver's guest appearances

Elaine Vandiver

Making Conversation

Slow Flowers Podcast

The Rural Woman Podcast

Kim Goodling

Stephen West

Maryanne Moodie

Michael Hampton

Hannah Miller

Bridget Jones

David Ritchie

Chris Barnes

Marissa Hake

Anna Graham

Jennifer Spencer

Jill Draper

Anna Maltz

Christina Miller

Sasha Duerr

OwlTail

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv9U3691n4wHi all, last week, you met Anne Sumner of Walla Walla Flower Farm - what a fun episode, and I especially loved the bonus musical performance recorded in her flower field.Just down the road from Walla Walla Flower Farm, on Stateline Road, in fact, but on the Washington side, is a historic farm called Old Homestead. This is where Elaine and Mike Vandiver operate two complementary businesses -- Old Homestead Alpacas and Gholson Gardens.The Old Homestead at Old Homestead Alpacas and Gholson Gardens, Walla Walla, WashingtonDixie, Winnie (middle, youngest) and Roxy (born the day after Debra's visit)Elaine is a past guest of the Slow Flowers Podcast (Episode 395 in 2019, which we also aired as an Encore episode last summer). What's new now is the gift of video!I'm so happy I was able to return to this beautiful farm for a visit. I filmed the entire tour, narrated by Elaine, as we visited her Alpacas, the Fiber House, the Dye House, and the Cutting Garden. I know you'll learn lots about how to balance dual farm operations, and you'll also be swept up in the story, thanks to Elaine's bubbly personality and spirit of generosity to share with the Slow Flowers community.You'll also meet her intern, Elena Schenkenberg, and hear how she was drawn to this place to learn more about slow flowers, slow fiber and slow fashion.Here's just a bit more by way of introduction:Elaine grows specialty cut flowers on her historic homestead in Walla Walla, Washington. As a seasonal grower, she cultivates rare, unique and heirloom varieties that are picked at their peak for customers who wish to snag a deluxe mixed bouquet from her stylishly functional flower cart at the Downtown Walla Walla farmer’s market (May through October). Elaine also offers weekly flower subscriptions, and assemble floral creations for local restaurants &amp; wineries.Elaine with one of her friendly, fiber-producing alpacasOld Homestead Apacas is known for 100% farm-grown knitwear with Alpaca fiber that is hand-dyed using farm-grown heirloom dye plants.Elaine recently worked with local filmmaker CMBell Company to capture short video narratives of all four seasons at Old Homestead Alpacas and Gholson Gardens. The films are beautiful storytelling moments narrated by Elaine and you'll hear that audio -- winter and spring at the beginning; summer and fall at the end.Let's jump right in and meet or re-meet Elaine Vandiver!And check out the online shop - one of my favorite gifts to myself when I first visited was to purchase a lacy knit scarf of the finest alpaca yarn -- hand-dyed in calendula petals.Thank you to our SponsorsThis show is brought to you by Slowflowers.com, the free, online directory to more than 850 florists, shops, and studios who design with local, seasonal and sustainable flowers and to the farms that grow those blooms. It’s the conscious choice for buying and sending flowers.Thank you to our lead sponsor, Farmgirl Flowers. Farmgirl Flowers delivers iconic burlap-wrapped bouquets and lush, abundant arrangements to customers across the U.S., supporting U.S. flower farms by purchasing more than $10 million dollars of U.S.-grown fresh and seasonal flowers and foliage annually. Discover more at farmgirlflowers.com.Thank you to the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market, a farmer-owned cooperative committed to providing the very best the Pacific Northwest has to offer in cut flowers, foliage and plants. The Growers Market’s mission is to foster a vibrant marketplace that sustains local flower farms and provides top-quality products and service to the local floral industry. Visit them at seattlewholesalegrowersmarket.com.Thank you to Longfield Gardens, which provides home gardeners with high quality flower bulbs and perennials. Their online store offers plants for every region and every season, from tulips and daffodils to dahlias,

<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv9U3691n4w" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv9U3691n4w</a> Hi all, last week, you met Anne Sumner of Walla Walla Flower Farm - what a fun episode, and I especially loved the bonus musical performance recorded in her flower field. Just down the road from Walla Walla Flower Farm, on Stateline Road, in fact, but on the Washington side, is a historic farm called Old Homestead. This is where Elaine and Mike Vandiver operate two complementary businesses -- Old Homestead Alpacas and Gholson Gardens. The Old Homestead at Old Homestead Alpacas and Gholson Gardens, Walla Walla, Washington Dixie, Winnie (middle, youngest) and Roxy (born the day after Debra's visit) Elaine is a past guest of the Slow Flowers Podcast (Episode 395 in 2019, which we also aired as an Encore episode last summer). What's new now is the gift of video! I'm so happy I was able to return to this beautiful farm for a visit. I filmed the entire tour, narrated by Elaine, as we visited her Alpacas, the Fiber House, the Dye House, and the Cutting Garden. I know you'll learn lots about how to balance dual farm operations, and you'll also be swept up in the story, thanks to Elaine's bubbly personality and spirit of generosity to share with the Slow Flowers community. You'll also meet her intern, Elena Schenkenberg, and hear how she was drawn to this place to learn more about slow flowers, slow fiber and slow fashion. Here's just a bit more by way of introduction: Elaine grows specialty cut flowers on her historic homestead in Walla Walla, Washington. As a seasonal grower, she cultivates rare, unique and heirloom varieties that are picked at their peak for customers who wish to snag a deluxe mixed bouquet from her stylishly functional flower cart at the Downtown Walla Walla farmer’s market (May through October). Elaine also offers weekly flower subscriptions, and assemble floral creations for local restaurants &amp; wineries. Elaine with one of her friendly, fiber-producing alpacas Old Homestead Apacas is known for 100% farm-grown knitwear with Alpaca fiber that is hand-dyed using farm-grown heirloom dye plants. Elaine recently worked with local filmmaker CMBell Company to capture short video narratives of all four seasons at Old Homestead Alpacas and Gholson Gardens. The films are beautiful storytelling moments narrated by Elaine and you'll hear that audio -- winter and spring at the beginning; summer and fall at the end. Let's jump right in and meet or re-meet Elaine Vandiver! And check out the online shop - one of my favorite gifts to myself when I first visited was to purchase a lacy knit scarf of the finest alpaca yarn -- hand-dyed in calendula petals. Thank you to our Sponsors This show is brought to you by <a href="http://Slowflowers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Slowflowers.com</a>, the free, online directory to more than 850 florists, shops, and studios who design with local, seasonal and sustainable flowers and to the farms that grow those blooms. It’s the conscious choice for buying and sending flowers. Thank you to our lead sponsor, Farmgirl Flowers. Farmgirl Flowers delivers iconic burlap-wrapped bouquets and lush, abundant arrangements to customers across the U.S., supporting U.S. flower farms by purchasing more than $10 million dollars of U.S.-grown fresh and seasonal flowers and foliage annually. Discover more at <a href="http://farmgirlflowers.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">farmgirlflowers.com</a>. Thank you to the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market, a farmer-owned cooperative committed to providing the very best the Pacific Northwest has to offer in cut flowers, foliage and plants. The Growers Market’s mission is to foster a vibrant marketplace that sustains local flower farms and provides top-quality products and service to the local floral industry. Visit them at <a href="http://seattlewholesalegrowersmarket.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">seattlewholesalegrowersmarket.com</a>. Thank you to Longfield Gardens, which provides home gardeners with high quality flower bulbs and perennials. Their online store offers plants for every region and every season, from tulips and daffodils to dahlias,

Episode 618: Fiber and Flowers: Elaine Vandiver of Gholson Gardens and Old Homestead Alpacas updates her story

On today’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet meet Elaine Vandiver. In her own words, Elaine became a farmer by happenstance. After moving out to a 10-acre parcel of land with her husband near Walla Wall, Washington in 2013 looking for a fresh start Elaine accidentally turned their old homestead’ with 2 llama into an alpaca and cut flower farmer. She left her stable government job in 2019 to farm full time and offers both a collection of commercially machine-knit garments from the fiber of her animals and grows and sells specialty cut flowers at the local farmer’s market and through her CSA. For full show notes including links in today's show, head on over to WildRoseFarmer.com https://wildrosefarmer.com/105/  Get Patron-Only Extended Content &amp; Bonus Episodes |  Listen Here Support my work on Patreon |  Learn More Patreon Executive Producer | Sarah R. | Happiness by The Acre Editing | Max Hofer | MixBär Studio Shop our Show Sponsors | Here Before You Buy The Mic | Podcast Coaching |  Learn More Positively Farming Media | a hub for creators in the food &amp; agriculture space | Learn More

On today’s episode of The Rural Woman Podcast, you’ll meet meet Elaine Vandiver. In her own words, Elaine became a farmer by happenstance. After moving out to a 10-acre parcel of land with her husband near Walla Wall, Washington in 2013 looking for a fresh start Elaine accidentally turned their old homestead’ with 2 llama into an alpaca and cut flower farmer. She left her stable government job in 2019 to farm full time and offers both a collection of commercially machine-knit garments from the fiber of her animals and grows and sells specialty cut flowers at the local farmer’s market and through her CSA. For full show notes including links in today's show, head on over to <a href="http://WildRoseFarmer.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WildRoseFarmer.com</a> <a href="https://wildrosefarmer.com/2021/06/11/105/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://wildrosefarmer.com/105/</a> Get Patron-Only Extended Content &amp; Bonus Episodes | <a href="https://open.acast.com/public/patreon/fanSubscribe/2908106" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Listen Here</a> Support my work on Patreon | <a href="https://wildrosefarmer.com/the-rural-woman-podcast/patreon/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Learn More</a> Patreon Executive Producer | Sarah R. | <a href="https://happinessbytheacre.ca/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Happiness by The Acre</a> Editing | Max Hofer | <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mixbaerstudio/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MixBär Studio</a> Shop our Show Sponsors | <a href="https://wildrosefarmer.com/2020/05/21/show-sponsors/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Here</a> Before You Buy The Mic | Podcast Coaching | <a href="https://wildrosefarmer.com/before-you-buy-the-mic-podcast-coaching/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Learn More</a> Positively Farming Media | a hub for creators in the food &amp; agriculture space | <a href="https://www.subscribepage.com/positivelyfarmingmedia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Learn More</a>

Accidentally an Alpaca and Cut Flower Farm with Elaine Vandiver 

Sponsor: Yarn Along the Rockies is a yarn crawl on the front range of Colorado that features 18 shops from Colorado Springs to Boulder. YATR spans 9 days from August 20th – 28th. Yarn Crawl participants can take a Passport Tour of participating yarn shops for a chance to win one of five grand prizes as well as enter to win prize baskets at each store and participating shops will each have a free pattern available for crawlers as well as a free shop pin. If you visit 4 stores or more during the 9 day yarn crawl to get a free commemorative stitch marker. If you’re a Colorado resident or visiting in August, you don’t want to miss this fiber community event. Visit yarnalongtherockies.com for a printable list of participating shops and more info on this exciting event. And find them on Instagram @yarnalongtherockies. Fiber folk: When I first met Elaine and heard a bit of her story, I knew it went much deeper, and I wanted to hear her full story…about life and fiber. This conversation left me in tears, touched by the intense journey Elaine and her husband Mike have been on and how it’s led them to a very special […]Music by Despatches. 💖Click! to learn more and become a member of our monthly crafty content membership, BRIGHT Collective. Download the Making app and join our amazing community of makers by visiting themakingapp.comIf you'd like to give a crafty shout-out, have a question that you'd like us to answer on the podcast, or are interested in sponsoring Making Conversation, email us at hq@makingco.com.See you in the Making app!ps- We talk about our values a lot. Just in case you're curious, take a peek.

Sponsor: Yarn Along the Rockies is a yarn crawl on the front range of Colorado that features 18 shops from Colorado Springs to Boulder. YATR spans 9 days from August 20th – 28th. Yarn Crawl participants can take a Passport Tour of participating yarn shops for a chance to win one of five grand prizes as well as enter to win prize baskets at each store and participating shops will each have a free pattern available for crawlers as well as a free shop pin. If you visit 4 stores or more during the 9 day yarn crawl to get a free commemorative stitch marker. If you’re a Colorado resident or visiting in August, you don’t want to miss this fiber community event. Visit <a href="http://yarnalongtherockies.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">yarnalongtherockies.com</a> for a printable list of participating shops and more info on this exciting event. And find them on Instagram @yarnalongtherockies. Fiber folk: When I first met Elaine and heard a bit of her story, I knew it went much deeper, and I wanted to hear her full story…about life and fiber. This conversation left me in tears, touched by the intense journey Elaine and her husband Mike have been on and how it’s led them to a very special […] Music by <a href="https://despatches.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Despatches</a>. 💖 <a href="https://makingzine.com/products/bright-collective-subscription" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Click!</a> to learn more and become a member of our monthly crafty content membership, BRIGHT Collective. Download the Making app and join our amazing community of makers by visiting <a href="https://themakingapp.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">themakingapp.com</a> If you'd like to give a crafty shout-out, have a question that you'd like us to answer on the podcast, or are interested in sponsoring Making Conversation, email us at hq@makingco.com. See you in the Making app! ps- We talk about our values a lot. Just in case you're curious, <a href="https://themakingapp.com/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">take a peek</a>.

Episode 59: Elaine Vandiver – Army, Motherly calling, Hula Hooping and Old Homestead Alpacas