life... on the farm: No stopping for snow

Thursday, January 20, 2011

No stopping for snow

In our climate, we have to keep on going even if there is a snow storm in process. On Monday the snow started falling with over an inch of fresh snow (on top of what we already had on the ground) by the time we began our afternoon chores.

Our alpaca, Snowstorm, always greets me:

Our barn cat, Fluffy, tends to be more aloof:

Despite the snow piling up outside, Zack and I set out to halter train our two little boys, to get them ready for the spring shows. Chaska is doing very well on the halter, he's almost ready for show season. While Copper isn't doing quite a well, he is improving each time we are out there. He'll get there yet.

Zack and Chaska:

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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.