“Hi, I live down the street.”
“Nice to meet you short stuff.”
“So, what are you, like a horse?”
“No, I’m an alpaca, kinda like a goat with a long neck.”
“Mom, can I have one?”
“I gotta go have a nap. Later my parents and I will discuss the how the world’s finest livestock investment can [...]
Mac and Mary, the MVP’s of Farm Days. Their spinning demos were a big hit!
Farm visitors shopping for alpaca products
The guys talk alpacas
This weekend we had well over 100 people join us to learn more about alpacas, and to buy alpaca yarn and products. It was a really fun weekend. Our dedicated spinning [...]
Spinning Demonstrations with Mac and Mary
photo: Cheryl Bowen
Saturday’s Open House was a big success. With around 70 people in attendance, we had a great day introducing visitors to the world of alpacas. Interestingly, at 2:20pm, the last person left. No one else showed up, though we were open til 3pm. It was so quiet, [...]
Today’s a big day for the Alpaca Farm. It’s the beginning of National Alpaca Farm Days! We expect many people to come visit our alpacas this weekend. We have 3 other local alpaca farms joining us for the event for the first time. Thanks to Humming Star Alpacas, Gulf Breeze Alpacas, and Ed! With [...]
Tired of the same ol’ cereal bars for the kids and a “delicious slimfast shake for breakfast” for mom, I decided to try something different. This morning I made a smoothie with frozen berries and bananas and yogurt. Has to be healthy, right? It was very good, and a nice change of pace for us. [...]
Happy Wordless Wednesday!
You know how individual women carry their babies differently while pregnant? Some remain thin, and look like they merely tucked a basketball under their shirts. Others begin to develop third chins the minute the pregnancy test comes back positive. I will not comment here on which one I was (my reticence to share may provide [...]
Alpaca Farmgirl’s husband is an Artist. Yep, with a capital “A”. In 2000, we BOTH quit our jobs and moved to the country to follow our dreams. (I do not recommend that two people in the same couple do this at the same time.) My dream was to be an alpaca farmer and stay at [...]
This week we had our herd health day. We usually have one of these every month. On this particular day we handle every alpaca on our farm. We give them a shot of Dectomax (a dewormer). This is to prevent the nasty meningeal worm which is carried by the white tailed deer and can paralyze, or even [...]
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