The last couple days have been warm and sunny – way too warm and sunny for February – but you won’t find many people complaining. On the farm, however, there’s a flip side to all this sunshine and warmth: MUD. Every time we get a serious thaw and the snow … Read More
Fiber skirting table
The forecast starting tomorrow is for a couple days of mild weather which means I will be spending my days out in the barn skirting fiber. I still have quite a bit of fiber left to skirt and it needs to be done and out of the way before we … Read More
Vermont Farm Show
On Tues, Jan 25, Ron will be at the Vermont Farm Show at the Barre Civic Center for the day. He will be representing the Vermont Llama & Alpaca Assoc and will have two weanling alpacas with him. Our weanling group has been getting some lead training this past week … Read More
Show string evaluation
Just when things start to slow down for us, they start right back up again with registering and planning for spring shows. Our first show of the season is the North American Alpaca Show in Mass. Registration opened yesterday, so we spent some time the other day reevaluating our 2010 … Read More
Learning curve
We’re having a mild spell, so we decided to wean a few of our older, larger crias. Today each of them had a brief halter training session as we weighed them and walked them to their new pen. Looks like this group is going to need a little more work…
Warming trend
The temp is above freezing already this morning and the forecast is for several mild days with rain and snow showers. Bummer. Melting and freezing make such an icy mess. But I will take advantage of the warm weather and spend time in the barn skirting fiber. My goal is … Read More