This is a new weekly feature with a tidbit of wisdom picked up along the way after ten plus years breeding alpacas. A nugget of knowledge that you don’t have when you are new to alpacas, but years down the road seems like a pretty important piece of info worth sharing.
Not to Pick The Most [...]

February 22nd, 2010 | Tags: alpaca farmgirl, Alpacas, breeding alpacas, Choosing a Herdsire, Fairhope Alpacas, herdsire, histogram, How Do You Know Which Sire To Hire, Judge, Katy Spears, newbie, production records, skin biopsies, ten years breeding alpacas, wisdom | Category: Alpacas, Business Matters, Farm Business, Good Breeding, Words of Wisdom | Comments (6)

I was inspired this week by this patriotic handspun yarn from Mona’s Etsy Shop.  Mona has a dog named Elvis and says that she spins and knits everyday so she sounds fabulous to me! Visit her Etsy shop, and while your there visit the Alpaca Farmgirl Etsy shop. (I always forget to tell you about [...]

July 2nd, 2009 | Tags: 4th of July, alpaca farmgirl, Etsy, Fiber Arts Friday, Handspun by Mona, Mr. Linky, red white and blue yarn, yarn | Category: Fiber Arts, Fiber Arts Friday | Comments (3)

This month’s Alpaca Farmgirl Interview is with long-time Alpaca Breeder and Fiber Artist Sherry Watkins of Frostglen Alpacas. Sherry and her husband, Bill run a herd of around 80 suri and huacaya alpacas in Tennessee.
Q: How did you learn about alpacas?
A: I fell in love with an alpaca sweater in London. The feel of it was so glorious. It [...]

June 8th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca farm, alpaca farmgirl, alpaca fiber, Fiber Artist, Fiber Arts, Frostglen, interview, Sherry Watkins | Category: Alpacas, Farmgirl Interviews, Lifestyle, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Comments (1)

Participating in Wordless Wednesdays.
Photography by Lori Seaborg at Just Pure Lovely.
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March 4th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca farmgirl, chasing alpacas, Fairhope Alpacas, Wordless Wednesdays | Category: Alpacas, Girl Stuff, Lifestyle, Wordless Wednesdays | Comments (10)

Visit Wordless Wednesdays for more wordless posts.

February 18th, 2009 | Tags: alpaca, alpaca farmgirl, cria, girl, Wordless Wednesdays | Category: Alpacas, Lifestyle, The Alpaca Lifestyle, Wordless Wednesdays | Comments (11)

Check out the Secrets that Sell Alpacas Series on the Alpaca Farmgirl Farm Business page. Most tips can also apply to other types of livestock farmers and small businesses.
If you like these tips, consider subscribing to the Alpaca Farmgirl Business feed. (The feeds are different for our main page and for the business page.) Sign [...]

December 3rd, 2008 | Tags: alpaca farmgirl, Farm Business, livestock farmers, marketing, Marketing/Sales, sales, Secrets That Sell, small business | Category: Alpacas, Business Matters, Farm Business, Marketing/Sales, Resources, Secrets That Sell | Comments (2)

A true Alpaca Farm girl! (that’s a poop scooping rake in her hand) My daughter loves to tell visitors that she’s a farmgirl.
The last couple of weeks have been a blur of hurricane watches and warnings, tissues, cold medicine, and being glued to the Weather Channel. Between Ike, Gustav, Faye, Hannah, and Josephine [...]

September 13th, 2008 | Tags: alpaca farmgirl, Alpacas, farmgirl | Category: Lifestyle, The Alpaca Lifestyle | Leave a comment