life... on the farm: Special Treat

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Special Treat

As a special treat, I let the ladies into our back yard to trim down our grass a bit. We never put in a lawn when we built our house (we don't even own a lawnmower - neither of us wanted to spend time mowing a lawn). The ladies loved the fresh grass, now they stand by the gate and beg to come back in. I can't let them be there on a regular basis because that is where our house dogs go outside, and there are too many tools and such that a cria could get injured on. I only let them in there for a treat when I can be right there to keep watch of everything.

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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.