Thursday October 17, 2019 Preparing for winter here is labor intensive but I really don’t mind it. Yesterday I spent most of the day on the Kubota filling in the dusting holes with aged compost. Some of them are huge … Continued
Wednesday October 16, 2019 If you recall, Rocky had a pretty serious hernia and I opted to treat it here rather than put him through surgery. He wore several different versions of a belly band until I figured out the … Continued
Tuesday October 15, 2019 While the web site was being up graded, I jetted off for a weekend in Santa Fe with two of my most favorite ladies on earth, my sister and my daughter. All 3 of us love … Continued
Thursday October 10, 2019 Oh my I wish I had been able to record the races here last night. Somehow, alpacas know when it’s going to get really cold and they run and run to build up internal heat before … Continued
Wednesday October 9, 2019 I like to think of us as a holistic farm. But I think there are a lot of misconceptions about what that means. To me it means that I take into account the whole animal before … Continued
Tuesday October 8, 2019 Animal neighbors are the best neighbors. No offense to the human ones, I just prefer the ones with 4 legs. I grew up in the city of Chicago where the houses were so close together we … Continued
Monday October 7, 2019 If opposites attract, no wonder we are together. His sock drawer is the most organized in the county, my socks are everywhere. He likes to plan ahead for everything, I love the last minute adrenaline to … Continued
Sunday October 6, 2019 The pastures are all white this morning from frost and at 20 degrees it’s no surprise. We’re planning fall projects this morning and which one of us gets to use the tractor today. I pick Me! … Continued
Saturday October 5, 2019 Private tours for today and I’m getting back in the swing of it. It’s a brisk 22 degrees here this morning but will be close to 60 by the time our visitors arrive, so just about … Continued
Friday October 4, 2019 Feels good to be back in Utah after some emotionally draining few days. I’ll spend some quality time with the animals today and let them work their magic on me. But to be able to hug … Continued
Wednesday October 2, 2019 The colors of Fall are peaking all over the neighborhood and it makes me grateful to be here. I had to drive to the grocery store yesterday and on my way, some of the scenes below … Continued
Tuesday October 1, 2019 Welcome October! This is my favorite month of the year. There are gorgeous colors every where we look as Mother Natures shows off her finest, temps have cooled down to reasonable levels and we still have … Continued
Monday September 30, 2019 What a weekend! Thank you to all who came to the ranch to visit the alpacas and shop in our store for our Fall Open Barn Days. We will send 10% of our sales to treesisters.org … Continued
Sunday September 29, 2019 The weather gods smiled on our event and we had not one drop of rain until exactly 4:01. Crowds were here all day yesterday and we’re doing it again today! Thanks you so much to everyone … Continued