The original market was created by kristian graaten who along with his wife solveig and children emigrated to vancouver island from norway in the 1950s.
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Their dad billy was a pygmy cross who used to go up on the roof too but has since retired.
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Minyon and his brother started working on the roof when they were just kids.
Inspired by the many norwegian homes and farm structures that are built directly into the hillside kristian decided to design the market with a sod roof.
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According to statistics canada 2011 26 of bc sheep are located on vancouver island and the southern gulf islands between the mainland and vancouver island.
The old country market started as a roadside fruit stand providing fresh produce to travellers heading to the west coast of vancouver island.
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Up to 49 sheep 10 per sheep to a maximum of 400.
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Twin brother to minyon he was also born on march 3 2014.
No setup or travel fee anywhere on vancouver island or the gulf islands.
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Offers a wide variety of unique foods that are hard to find in a regular grocery store and there are goats on the roof.
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This is their fourth season with us.
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Minyon s favorite snacks are maple leaves apples and carrot tops.
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100 6 per sheep.
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50 99 sheep 8 per sheep up to a maximum of 600.
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Sheep production is spread throughout the islands with 14 000 15 000 sheep on nearly 500 farms.
Sep 16 2020 the old country market started as a roadside fruit stand in 1973 providing fresh produce to travelers heading to the west coast of vancouver island.