Alpaca Wool
Is is cold and snowy here, but the alpacas don’t seem to mind too much – although I do note they are actually using their shelter at the moment. So […]
Is is cold and snowy here, but the alpacas don’t seem to mind too much – although I do note they are actually using their shelter at the moment. So […]
We don’t get much snow round here so this was quite a surprise. The pigs, alpacas and ewes were all rather stoical about it. The goats (and chickens) on the […]
Today we trimmed the alpacas’ hooves. Today for the first time since we got the alpacas (maybe 5 or so years ago), I actually trimmed their hooves. Normally I help […]
A friend called, his girlfriend wanted to know if we could use 500kg of brussel sprouts that a local supermarket were looking to off-load. Err, yes, of course we could. […]
The wonderful and suitably weird Adam from weirdweekends sent me a scarf. This is, however no ordinary scarf. Some time ago I sent an alpaca fleece (Inky Dinky Do’s) and a […]
We have a guest photographer on the blog today – Jude. He took some gorgeous photos of the smallholding and animals at the weekend so here is a little slice […]
On Saturday’s egg collection we had a special visitor. Eva, the girl who nearly two years ago showed me how to make pig tails straight was back. And she gave […]
We have raw Jacob lamb fleeces to sell and giveaway. They are beautiful and soft and perfect for spinning or felting. I am selling them for £4 each +pp. If […]
Alpacas are quite large and they can seem scary, especially to children. There was a lovely girl staying on the site who helped feed the lambs with me and Ethan […]
The blossom on the fruit trees and bushes has been beautiful this year ….. so on this cold and windy day here are some memories of warmer spring days and […]