life... on the farm: Cruise Ship

Sunday, February 24, 2013

Cruise Ship

Not to make light of the recent cruise ship debacle, but, I have to say after hearing about that on the news, and then seeing my alpacas poop inside their barn, I couldn't help but say "they just think they are on a cruise ship."

So, the sled that for formerly known as the "poop sled" has been renamed the "Cruise Ship":

I have to say using a sled like this is the easiest way to clean up the paddocks and pastures in the winter. It will slide over the snow and I can dump it onto our compost pile outside the pasture. When the snow gets deep pushing a wheel barrow around gets really hard.

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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.