Through the end of December, we are offering 2011 breedings to our White Male Color Champion, Snowshoe Aristides, for the low 2010 price of $1500. Reserve your breeding with a $500 deposit. The price will go up after the first of the year. Aristides is a 2x Champion and 3x … Read More
It’s a beautiful, sunny and mild day. Perfect for spending time in the barn (unheated) and skirting alpaca fiber. I have way too much fiber still in the barn for this time of year. I need to continue to skirt and send the fiber off to the mill for processing … Read More
This is some of the first “down time” we’ve had since shows and fiber festivals started in late September. Ron and I are doing NOTHING for Thanksgiving (turkey dinner with friends on the weekend). We’ve kept the day open in case of good weather so we can finish up more … Read More
This has been a busy weekend of delivering alpacas. Seven alpacas were delivered to their owner yesterday. Today we delivered five alpacas to one farm and six alpacas to another farm. These are all wonderful homes with good facilities, livestock-experienced owners and room to grow. We’re very careful about making … Read More
Today we delivered 7 alpacas to their new home here in northern Vermont. A cozy new barn awaited them at the family dairy farm which sits near the top of a hill and has a stunning view of the mountains. Since this was a new area for livestock, the paddock … Read More
Our white male, Snowshoe Aristides, had a very successful show season this fall. At the Green Mountain Alpaca Show here in Vermont, Aristides won a blur ribbon in his class and Reserve Color Champion. At the Empire Alpaca Show in Syracuse, Aristides took second in his class and also won … Read More
This weekend is our last alpaca show of the season. Ron is in Syracuse with three alpacas, including Snowshoe Aristides, our white male color champion. We’re hoping for another good showing for Ari! Back at the farm, it’s time to clean up and prepare for winter. We’ve been working on … Read More
Two big events coming this weekend: NYS Sheep & Wool Festival in Rhinebeck, NY and Green Mountain Alpaca Show in Essex Jct, VT. I’ll be in NY and Ron will be at the show. We have help with the farm for the weekend, so we should be able to manage. … Read More
I’ve been busy this week washing, dyeing and labeling yarn to take to the Southern Adirondack Fiber Festival next weekend. Tomorrow I pack up and I drive over on Friday morning. Hopefully, the weather will cooperate and make for a busy festival. Since the weekend is National Alpaca Farm Days, … Read More