Happy Earth Day!
Wednesday April 22, 2015 Happy Earth Day! Do you know the alpacas are one of the most earth friendly livestock animals? Well they are! Their soft padded feet are gentle on the fragile grasses, they do not tear up grasses … Continued
Thank you Facebook
Sunday, March 29, 2015 Well, it was a fun social media experiment. Usually when we have an event we do lots of advertising, local newspaper, flyers, and social media. Yesterday we decided at the last minute to try only … Continued
Getting warmer!
Thursday, March 26, 2015 The alpacas will be looking for shade today, as the temperature climbs up towards 60°. If you can imagine wearing 4 to 6 inches of alpaca fleece on your back and standing in the sun, you’ll … Continued
Saturday March 21
Saturday, March 21, 2015 With the pastures as dry as they are and the grass still pretty short, today will be a perfect day for running the pasture vacuum (AKA poop sucker). Especially since I see in the forecast a … Continued
Note to Boston : Send it here!
Thursday, February 12, 2015 While we enjoy more springlike weather in the west, our friends back east are getting pummeled with yet another storm. It just ain’t fair! Utah likes to think of itself as a winter wonderland, but that’s … Continued
For our feathered friends
Tuesday, February 3, 2015 Believe it or not I’ve seen some of our local birds flitting around the bird houses starting to look for a place to make a nest. Perhaps they’ve been confused by our warmer than usual weather. … Continued
It’s crunch time
Saturday, September 13, 2014 Two weeks from today is Open Barn Days! I’ll be spinning , felting and soaping like crazy for the next little while. I do my best work under pressure and the pressure is on. 🙂 Happy … Continued
June 17 update
Tuesday, June 17, 2014 So now Mother Nature is playing some cruel tricks and hinting at snow tonight! I guess those moms might want to keep those crias inside for another day or two. We have a school visiting us … Continued
Shearing is done!
Sunday, June 8, 2014 We’re done!! All alpaca are “nekked”, fleeces all bagged and I’ll start sorting through fleeces next week. Today we rest! 🙂 Thank you to an excellent shearing crew and fabulous helpers! No babies arrived during shearing, … Continued
Growing fleeces
Thursday May 1, 2014 Happy May Day! Today the plan is to finish the big clean out of the girls barn. So if you see some big equipment in the cam view, that’s what’s happening. We do need to have … Continued