life... on the farm: Farm Friends

Saturday, March 23, 2013

Farm Friends

Our farm cats have done well this winter. They have been on rodent patrol and while I rarely see their victims, I am sure they are getting quite a few. We do feed them a good barn cat dry cat food, in additional to their natural farm diet.

Here is Buddy:

And the two brothers hanging out together (Phantom and Buddy):

I was worried about how Spot would manage the winter. He's getting older and dogs his size don't typically live that long. They also tend to have issues with arthritis as they age. Spot is still getting around great, but I can see his age in his face:

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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.