tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79077110867727075202024-02-19T10:19:18.344-05:00life... on the farmoak haven alpacashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02603968424369860667noreply@blogger.comBlogger1266125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907711086772707520.post-61694353536366876332014-03-28T08:10:00.001-04:002014-03-28T08:10:26.510-04:00Stinky no moreWe have 2 house dogs. Quinn is a 6 year old miniature American eskimo. We have had him since he was 5 months old. The story about him is that he was born during a snow storm in Michigan in March. His mom had to potty, owners let her out. She started giving birth. He was born in the snow, then his mom put him in her mouth to keep him alive and managed to get back to the house. One puppy was left outside and died :( a few more were born inside the house.<div><br></div><div>In 2010 we lost our best family dog ever, Dottie. We didn't want Quinn to be alone so we got 2 year old Zippy. He is a miniature schnauzer. He came from what appeared to be a puppy mill. He was kept outside in a pen with many other dogs. We brought him home and changed his name to Shadow. </div><div><br></div><div>This past week I took Shadow for surgery on his teeth. We did not realize it but he had several bad teeth. On the positive, my kids no longer call him "stinky" and they now let him sit by them:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioj0Rk1STHOZIS3wpxVudapaybwsjUY8xHRY4xsKh16hc4E6rtzjf93lTRfNXFMjVY-qDW9Jjn0iV8Bl_nFLlo7vBU9e7hEnLX-6vGzr1viyuklRX8HTwC_E9_Xt71e3FgCeE23sfOlWYV/s640/blogger-image--1440737639.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioj0Rk1STHOZIS3wpxVudapaybwsjUY8xHRY4xsKh16hc4E6rtzjf93lTRfNXFMjVY-qDW9Jjn0iV8Bl_nFLlo7vBU9e7hEnLX-6vGzr1viyuklRX8HTwC_E9_Xt71e3FgCeE23sfOlWYV/s640/blogger-image--1440737639.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Prior to surgery Shadow would have been shoed to the floor and called @stinky@. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Surgery was rough and the poor guy had a rough few days recovering, but now he is perking up and they said he likely will be better than ever. Likely those teeth were bothering him for a long time.</div><br></div>oak haven alpacashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02603968424369860667noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907711086772707520.post-71214896211608635732014-03-27T19:51:00.000-04:002014-03-27T19:51:00.531-04:00What I won't missI call this the "poop sled" or "cruise ship" (see that story <a href="http://lifewithalpacas.blogspot.com/2013/02/cruise-ship.html" target="_blank">here</a>).<br />
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It's exactly what it sounds like, the place to scoop the poop in to haul it to the compost pile. It works great as long as there is snow or ice on the ground. I actually prefer it to the summer time use of the wheel barrow.<br />
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In that picture, I would throw the scoop of poop over the fence, so it was the easiest to haul it to the compost pile. This is actually why I advocate for shorter fence lines, you can't throw poop over tall fences :) <br />
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We have quite a few pens to clean up, so this sled has been getting a lot of use. oak haven alpacashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02603968424369860667noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907711086772707520.post-11160661535686140282014-03-25T19:44:00.000-04:002014-03-25T19:44:01.221-04:00Hoarders<div>
I admit there are times I have gotten caught up watching that tv show "hoarders." I watch it with horror, sort of like watching a train wreck. One time my son came in the room and saw what I was watching. He exclaimed, "so this is why you make me clean my room.". Yep. </div>
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I am by nature a bit of a clean freak, but I have fears of hoarder behaviors. While packing up to move, we have found collections of things:</div>
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To be fair, at one point we have close to 30 alpacas on our farm, so we really did need all of these. Now, not to much.<br />
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oak haven alpacashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02603968424369860667noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907711086772707520.post-72671563554980877682014-03-22T07:33:00.000-04:002014-03-22T07:33:00.333-04:00Goodbye FarmerThis past week our sheep left our farm.<br />
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This means we now have no farm animals. We have no crop. We technically have no farm at this point.<br />
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We hadn't intended to sell the sheep. We planned to take them with us on our move to Kentucky. But when there were unexpected delays with fixing the farm house, and then trying to figure out how to transport the sheep that far, it was too much.<br />
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We are at a cross roads. And to be honest, there are so many options at this point, we aren't sure exactly what the future holds.<br />
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For now, we are regular people, not farmers.<br />
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I have many mixed feelings about that. There are so many things I will miss - like having new babies each year. But there are stressors that I won't miss - like trying to figure out how much hay we will need and how much it will cost. Mostly I will miss the healthy lifestyle. So much of our lives have been focused around our farm.<br />
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Now that snow had turned to a solid stack of ice frozen over the gate.
We took boiling water, and may different tools (ie: pitch forks, sledge hammers, and the like), to chop away at the ice.<br />
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There was hay mixed in the ice, which actually gave us some leverage in dismantling this mess.<br />
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And finally, the gate can open!<br />
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left the gate ajar while he ran inside to get something. I was cleaning
up the dog's area and next then I know, ram is there! Now if you know
about rams, they like to ram things. Rammy is sweet, but he does ram.
The good news is he could fit through the gate opening, the bad news, he
did not want to go back in his pen and rammed me good before we got him
back there. I am sure that will leave a bruise.<br />
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<br />oak haven alpacashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02603968424369860667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907711086772707520.post-17347242214973988472014-03-17T19:44:00.002-04:002014-03-17T19:44:40.607-04:00Maybe she heardI'm not sure if the sheep heard their days on our farm are numbered, but I sure was getting the cold shoulder out there today:<br />
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oak haven alpacashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02603968424369860667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907711086772707520.post-3539077679690657082014-03-15T21:25:00.001-04:002014-03-15T21:25:42.626-04:00MovingWe have been busy!!!<div><br></div><div>The kids & I have been busy packing up our house. We know our next place will be smaller, so we need to downsize too. Everything we pack we decide if we need this, or can we sell or donate it? We have donated a lot!! Sold some too. </div><div><br></div><div>My living room is stuffed with boxes:</div><div><br></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hko0qvRhUsDC58XaHcSZpw0SAFXLl39pLv4QPpQ-febxIb27e28BqU7foPb8GsJx2eh7bLOAUIq9izKZXtYrxD01UvWYOTQ8NkQKxZywDJhfSs2qHMmNmieFssI1U5ljVQcwCOrMpzaZ/s640/blogger-image-1045850951.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0hko0qvRhUsDC58XaHcSZpw0SAFXLl39pLv4QPpQ-febxIb27e28BqU7foPb8GsJx2eh7bLOAUIq9izKZXtYrxD01UvWYOTQ8NkQKxZywDJhfSs2qHMmNmieFssI1U5ljVQcwCOrMpzaZ/s640/blogger-image-1045850951.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Our house dog Quinn is very tuckered out from supervising my packing:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EdS3g9LY2kUPeNFcO2NFnpsz4zhoJCh2ZZxUaO5M5pscZu0ltciCyJ2mfGT9SIpKe9zK4xmZxmA5QC2GQKWkEC_IEWGI75yJlV0ZFk7xM76yWvDFE2Q48xejom841QpSMLQa5b1O64UY/s640/blogger-image-190829947.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0EdS3g9LY2kUPeNFcO2NFnpsz4zhoJCh2ZZxUaO5M5pscZu0ltciCyJ2mfGT9SIpKe9zK4xmZxmA5QC2GQKWkEC_IEWGI75yJlV0ZFk7xM76yWvDFE2Q48xejom841QpSMLQa5b1O64UY/s640/blogger-image-190829947.jpg"></a></div><br></div>oak haven alpacashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02603968424369860667noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907711086772707520.post-65214479361320365512014-03-08T20:03:00.001-05:002014-03-08T20:03:28.885-05:00Sheep for Sale<i>7 Katahdin sheep for sale ~ all 7 for a total of $950.<br /><br />These are meat/dairy sheep, hair sheep (NOT wool sheep). The Katahdin sheds its winter coat, and so does not have to be sheared. These specific ones come from southern Illinois. <br /><br />5 three year old commercial breeding ewes (females)<br />1 three year old Registered Ram<br />1 yearlong Ram (50% Registered)<br /><br />The sheep come with halter/ropes, feed bowls and water buckets.<br /><br />Buyer will be responsible for transport of the sheep off our farm, we do not have a trailer/SUV/van to haul them in.</i><br />
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The ewes (5 ewes, all 3 years old):<br />
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The 3 year old Ram (100% registered):<br />
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oak haven alpacashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02603968424369860667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907711086772707520.post-76550703271983366092014-03-05T19:55:00.000-05:002014-03-06T20:29:06.896-05:007 Sheep for SaleWe have had to make a lot of changes to our plans.<br />
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I keep reminding myself that this is what happens in an adventure, new and different things.<br />
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Well, this new and different thing is to sell our sheep. I am starting a new job in Kentucky on March 24th and we won't have a farm ready for them by that date. They need a farm now.<br />
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So, if you or anyone you know might be interested in these sheep....<br />
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<i>7 Katahdin sheep for sale ~ all 7 for a total of $1200.<br /><br />These are meat/dairy sheep, hair sheep (NOT wool sheep). The Katahdin sheds its winter coat, and so does not have to be sheared. These specific ones come from southern Illinois. <br /><br />5 three year old commercial breeding ewes (females)<br />1 three year old Registered Ram<br />1 yearlong Ram (50% Registered)<br /><br />The sheep come with halter/ropes, feed bowls and water buckets.<br /><br />Buyer will be responsible for transport of the sheep off our farm, we do not have a trailer/SUV/van to haul them in.</i><br />
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The 3 year old Ram (100% registered):<br />
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The yearlong ram (50% registered):<br />
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oak haven alpacashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02603968424369860667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907711086772707520.post-75365588751877024012014-03-02T20:13:00.000-05:002014-03-02T20:13:00.831-05:00Selling FiberOur farm shop has a LOT of alpaca fiber for sale - a lot!! At this point our move date is March 22, and I can't take this fiber with me.<br />
<br />The shop is here: <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/oakhavenalpacas" target="_blank">oakhavenalpacas</a> <br />
<br />The 50% off coupon is: movingtime <br />
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This is what I do. I find the specific fiber the person has purchased. I pull it out onto the skirting table:<br />
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There I shake out dirt and skirt out big debris. I also take out any yucky fiber (the technical term for chest hair or other coarse fiber). Notice the dirt under the skirting table and the skirted out fiber:</div>
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<br />oak haven alpacashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02603968424369860667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907711086772707520.post-11090916295813215872014-03-01T11:08:00.000-05:002014-03-01T11:08:00.182-05:00House Progress - structureThere were some serious structural issues that J had to address, along with making the house airtight. These were issues that were not discovered until he took down the drywall, ie unexpected additional issues. <br />
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Even I can see that these studs are totally wrong! They don't go from floor to ceiling in a straight shot. Someone cut notches out of them and/or cut the tops off and added different boards in a not structurally sound way:<br />
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A closer look at that door framing - who uses all sorts of different boards in this mismatched way?</div>
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Here the former constructor used some plywood in the wood framing! Crazy, careless and dangerous :( </div>
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A temporary wall so that the load baring wall can be re-made:</div>
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The kitchen where Emma and I tore out the old linoleum (what a pain!):</div>
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The living room - less clean now that construction is in full force:</div>
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Redone window in the dinning room:</div>
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Emma's room with new walls and the ceiling fixed (there were eaves pointing into this room):</div>
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Outside walls redone, where the windows were put back in: (Emma is in
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That structural nightmare of a wall has been completely fixed:<br />
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<br />oak haven alpacashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02603968424369860667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907711086772707520.post-10046834676513159382014-02-27T11:03:00.000-05:002014-02-27T11:03:00.449-05:00Re-construction begins<br />
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Picture from ontop of the biggest hill, looking across the street over other farms: <br />
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Looking down the hill towards our farm house (see the camper - J's current residence, the chicken coop and the shed):<br />
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The Barn:<br />
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While cleaning up the house, J noticed some additional issues that needed to be addressed. He started with the outside of the house.<br />
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His dad came to help him with the sheathing to make the house air tight:<br />
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(South side of house)<br />
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<br />oak haven alpacashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02603968424369860667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907711086772707520.post-40963808033473518302014-02-25T16:30:00.000-05:002014-02-25T16:30:01.865-05:00Farm House Clean-UpWe debated if this farm house was a good option for us. It clearly needs a lot of work!<br />
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I was of the opinion that it was beyond me. J was of the opinion he can do it.<br />
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He found a job at the local hospital, and moved down there to start making this house liveable.<br />
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First he had to clean it up!<br />
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<b><u>November 2013</u></b> - after the clean-up<b><u><br /></u></b><br />
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The living room:
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<br />oak haven alpacashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02603968424369860667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907711086772707520.post-51267308277786615272014-02-23T16:38:00.000-05:002014-02-23T16:38:00.828-05:00The Farm HouseSince posting our new farm land, I've been getting a lot of questions about the house. There is a farm house. However, it is most definitely unliveable. Yes, really.<br />
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Several years ago the owner of the house had to move a couple states away due to their employment. They rented out the house. In 2010, there was a 100 year flood that reached the first floor of the house. Without any flood insurance, he was only able to remove what was ruined in the flood, he was not able to fix the house up. Since that time the land has been rented out, with the idea that the renter could fix up the house. It does not appear that anyone has done anything to fix up the house.<br />
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We first visited the house in August of 2013. Now, J has experience with renovations. I have seen many a run down house when working along side Children's Protective Services. But I had to say, seeing this home brought me to tears. The worst was that I saw children's toys laying inside the house, and we believe people were actually living in here (with no water or electricity).<br />
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<b><u>August 2013</u></b> <br />
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Driving up from the South:<br />
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<br />oak haven alpacashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02603968424369860667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907711086772707520.post-80292002296490025062014-02-22T10:03:00.001-05:002014-02-22T10:03:22.228-05:00~ sale ~ SALE ~ Fiber Arts ~ SALE ~ sale ~We are having a sale at our farm <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/oakhavenalpacas" target="_blank">etsy's shop</a>! We can't move all this fiber with us, it has to go.<br />
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Take an additional 50% off anything in the <a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/oakhavenalpacas" target="_blank">store</a>! Use the code:<br />
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One of the biggest issues we have had is the fact we don't have grass pastures. When we started our alpaca farm in 2007, we looked into a lot of different options. For example, we looked at buying a farm, but the housing market is what it is and selling our house in the woods was not possible. We looked at renting pasture land, or buying pasture land nearby. We looked at different options and decided we would plant grass pastures on the land we have.<br />
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Since that time a few things happened:<br />
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* hay prices more than doubled (from $3 a bale to $7 a bale)<br />
* sales of alpacas slowed and the price they were selling for was less<br />
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All these changes really hurt our profit margin. The truth is that if we bought alpacas now (at today's prices) and had our own pasture land, we could have had an awesome alpaca farm. But, we bought at a different time and things changed that we didn't expect.<br />
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Along the way we tried various options. J tried to grow fodder (a long story there), which didn't work out either.<br />
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After exhausting many options we came to the big conclusion that: <br />
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This is essential in having a farm.<br />
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We looked around locally but ran into the same issues we did before. It wasn't feasible to rent or buy separate pasture land. And frankly, Michigan has a short hay season. We want green grassy pastures, and we want it most of the year.<br />
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We decided if we really want to the make our farm a reality, we need to do it full force. This means moving our farm to a place where there is green grassy pastures most of the year.<br />
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This past summer we set out to find our land.<br />
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We found this, green and grassy with some cattle roaming:<br />
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You can see my periodic land updates <a href="http://lifewithalpacas.blogspot.com/p/farm-land-august-2013.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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Since we no longer have any alpacas, there are no alpaca shows to plan for. <br />
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We LOVED attending alpaca shows. It was fun to show off our alpacas, but it was also fun to meet up with fellow alpaca farmers. Many of our friends are alpaca farmers and attending shows is when we got to see them. I also loved the chance to see other cities (some shows we attended every year and we came to have a favorite hotel and favorite restaurant).<br />
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After show season was birthing season. Oh alpaca babies, cria, are so cute!<br />
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Not only are the cria cute, but, that was when we would see the success of our breeding decisions. That was the next generation of better fiber.<br />
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While shearing day was never a favorite of mine (it's a lot of work!) I do love having those bags of alpaca fiber to spin yarn from. <br />
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As the cria grow there is the cria gang, the group that runs and plays together. They are blessed to watch.<br />
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Good times. These were all good times.<br />
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Right now we have a farm in transition. <br />
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We only have 7 sheep right now, but there are big things coming. <br />
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There are a lot of decisions and changes that need to take place to get where we want to go. <br />
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I look forward to the days of many lambs. I look forward to the days of green grassy pastures and sunshine. oak haven alpacashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02603968424369860667noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7907711086772707520.post-90930305238246161322014-02-13T09:42:00.000-05:002014-02-13T09:42:00.456-05:00The snow<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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All year around I stay organized for taxes. Well, I admit our first year with our farm it was a mess. It was terrible. But from there I decided I had to be organized. I took that years tax form, and made an envelope for receipts for each category. Now when I spend money, I throw the receipt in the right envelope. For example, I buy grain for our sheep, once I get home that receipt goes into the "feed" envelope. I have an envelope for "fiber and yarn sales" and so forth. Every sale and expense has an envelope to go into. When the year is over, I add up the contents in each envelope. Not hard at all. <br />
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