Terry, Author at Snowshoe Farm Alpacas

18 Feb 2011

by Terry | 1

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

15 Feb 2011

Fiber skirting table

by Terry | 2

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

11 Feb 2011

Fiber fun

by Terry | 0

I’ve been busy skeining and handpainting alpaca sock yarn in preparation for SPA, Knit & Spin in two weeks. Snowshoe Farm will be vending again this year at the Hilton Garden Inn in Freeport, ME. I hope to see lots of old and new fiber friends at SPA. I’ll post … Read More

2 Feb 2011

Snow day

by Terry | 0

It’s a snowy day here, but we don’t have “snow days” as in “taking the day off”. Snow day means a little (or a lot) more work than usual. Once the alpacas are set with hay and water, Ron will start clearing the path to the compost pile so we … Read More

22 Jan 2011

Vermont Farm Show

by Terry | 0

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

16 Jan 2011

Show string evaluation

by Terry | 0

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

10 Jan 2011

by Terry | 0

It’s a breezy, but not extremely cold day here in northern Vermont. The sun is peeking out and that makes a world of difference. This time of year, I spend a lot of my time in front of the computer. It’s time for updating websites, sales lists and social media … Read More

5 Jan 2011

by Terry | 0

We love this little girl! Temperance is a young rose gray female owned by Twilight Ridge Farm (who took the photo). She was born and currently boards at our farm. We’re looking forward to seeing her in the show ring come spring. We think she’ll do well!

1 Jan 2011

Learning curve

by Terry | 4

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…

31 Dec 2010

Warming trend

by Terry | 0

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

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