life... on the farm: Spring?

Thursday, April 3, 2008

Spring?

Can it be? Is there really no snow left on the pasture? I see some on the outside edge of the fence, but the pasture is finally clear (I'm sure just in time for us to get more snow, it is Michigan after all).

Zack with Thunder who came to the edge of the fence to greet us. The cats know that around 5 p.m. we will show up. They often sit out there and wait for us.

Emma feeding Sommerfield and Snowstorm treats:

Sommerfield with hay hanging out of her mouth:

No further sign of a baby from Sancha. Now I'm hoping she'll hold off until my birthday, that would be a neat birthday present!

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The Adventure of a Lifetime

Our farming adventure began with the purchase of 3 alpacas in the fall of 2007. This eventually grew to an alpaca farm that birthed 23 cria. While we averaged 20 alpacas on a farm at any given time, we hit a peek of over 30 alpacas. We were involved in every aspect of alpaca farming: from breeding decisions, birthing, to attending alpaca shows, and shearing our own alpacas along with making product from their luscious fiber (hand spinning yarn and knitting product). We participated in 24 alpaca shows, and became very involved in the alpaca community.

In 2013 we added hair sheep to our farm.

Throughout this process we continued to tweak and revise our business plan. Our business plan evolved over time, and in 2013 it became clear that our goal was to raise grass fed animals for human consumption. While the initial plan was for this to go along side of alpaca farming, we slowly came to the conclusion our adventure was going to take us somewhere else.

In 2013 we began to sell off our alpaca herd to begin our new adventure with grass fed sheep and cattle.

Our adventure is still unfolding, so please, join us in our adventure of a lifetime as our journey unfolds.