life... on the farm: New is always better

Monday, January 16, 2012

New is always better

as soon as I put out new hay, the alpacas swarm the hay feeder:

The ironic thing is that this isn't new hay. It's the same hay they have been eating. It was seeded at the same time, grown at the same time, harvested at the same time, delivered to our farm at the same time. It might even be from the same bale I got hay from at their previous feeding, but they are just sure the new stuff I just put in the feeder is better. To them, new is always better.

I can't take credit for the line though, that I heard on one of my favorite TV shows, How I Met Your Mother. It's one of my favorite Barney quotes.

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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.