Thank you to Carol Knight of Alpaca Knights for sharing this picture of your lovely Magnum daughter and her mom.
Wordless Wednesdays

October 29th, 2008 | Tags: Alpacas, cria | Category: Alpacas, Magnum, New Additions, Wordless Wednesdays | Comments (2)

This Rose is called Lavaglut. It grows very tall.
When we first moved to our property in Fairhope, AL, we found a wonderful nursery in the area. At Taylor’s Roses you can find numerous varieties of roses. Mr. Taylor is very helpful and has been featured in Southern Living. When you visit his place, you learn [...]

October 27th, 2008 | Tags: gardening, roses | Category: Girl Stuff, Nature | Comments (3)

I can’t count how many times a new alpaca breeder has seen this in her field and called me hysterical. “Fluffy is down in the pasture! She’s not moving! She looks dead! What do I do?” I usually ask a few questions to help determine the cause of Fluffy’s prostrate posture. “Is it sunny?” and [...]

October 26th, 2008 | Tags: Alpacas, sunbathing | Category: Alpacas, Husbandry, Notes from a Newbie | Comments (5)

Jeremy instructs participants in alpaca training and handling techniques
A alpaca enthusiast takes Napster for a walk
Brady gives our guests some practice with a reluctant alpaca

“Alpacas 101″ went beautifully yesterday. The weather was great, and we had a wonderful group of people attend the class. We had one relatively new suri breeder from Mississippi [...]

October 26th, 2008 | Category: Alpacas | Comments (1)

Check out this article about Alpaca Breeders in New York. Nice article. Props to the Poughkeepsie Journal.

October 26th, 2008 | Category: Alpacas, Weekly Web Finds | Leave a comment

Scamp 4 weeks 7 weeks8 months old

I love livestock guard dogs! Love them. Guess that’s why we have 6. After today we’ll have only 5 because “Scamp” is going to his new home today at Serenity Farms. Look at how he has grown.

Scamp’s new owner, Rochelle, also welcomed female alpacas Ivy By Knight, [...]

October 24th, 2008 | Category: Alpacas | Comments (1)

Here are some interesting things I’ve found on the web this week:

This family is living off the grid. They’re moving to a farm with no electricity, no TV (I would die!), etc. All I can say is “WOW!”
I think this is my favorite. Check out this post from Rooster Hill Farm on the AI [...]

October 23rd, 2008 | Category: Weekly Web Finds | Comments (3)

Wordless Wednesdays

October 22nd, 2008 | Category: Lifestyle | Comments (1)

Why do bugs keep flying in my mouth?
Only recently have I had this problem. Twice in the last month, bugs have flown in my mouth while I have been entertaining visitors to the alpaca farm. Most recently, I was with a friend, and the bug was big. So I just swiped my hand through [...]

October 21st, 2008 | Category: Alpacas | Comments (3)