OK, so we’re coming up on mid-March here and it still looks like mid-winter. Nevertheless, spring show season starts in 3 weeks with the North American Alpaca Show. We’re showing 5 of our males – one adult, one yearling and three juveniles. Only one of the five is currently lead … Read More
Many thanks to Vermont Life magazine for featuring Snowshoe Farm in a photo essay in the Spring 2011 issue! Photographer Richard Brown spent an incredible amount of time taking photos, meeting the alpacas and learning about all aspects of life and work on our farm. We certainly came to appreciate … Read More
Thank you to Kim and Debbie (especially Kim who did all the hard work today!) for grooming my two not-very-well-socialized dogs. If you live within a reasonable drive of Springfield, VT, you owe it to yourself and to your pets to visit Willow Farm for nutritious, wholesome food and treats, … Read More
I’ve been busy dyeing yarn to prepare for SPA, Knit & Spin this coming weekend in Freeport, Maine. Here’s a selection of our handpainted alpaca blend sock yarn. Look for our farm store to be online in early March.
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
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
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
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