life... on the farm: My New Wheels

Monday, April 8, 2013

My New Wheels

This weekend J put new wheels on for me:

I use this wagon every day, twice, each time I do farm chores. A bale of hay fits in there perfectly and is an easy way to haul it out to each of the alpaca's hay feeders.

My old tires were so worn out they weren't even round anymore, they didn't really wheel anymore:

You can't say I don't use something until the bitter end! These tires had more than done their duty.

I do have to say the new wheels wheel a whole lot better.

1 comment:

A Country Chicken said...: The new wheels look great! It must make your work easier. You have worn you old wheels down to the ground with all of your hard work! :) Lisa; April 8, 2013 at 4:37 PM

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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.