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Alpaca Wool

March 2, 2018by Claire 10 Comments

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 […]

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Animals, shepherding

Snow Day

February 27, 2018by Claire 4 Comments

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 […]

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Animals, Dogs, shepherding

Cutting toe-nails

February 17, 2018by Claire 2 Comments

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 […]

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Animals, shepherding

Brussel Sprouts

January 3, 2018by Claire 10 Comments

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. […]

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Animals, shepherding

Inky Dinky Do’s Scarf

June 6, 2017by Claire 10 Comments

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 […]

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Animals

Jude’s view

February 17, 2017by Claire 8 Comments

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 […]

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Animals, shepherding

Alpacas and Pigs

July 18, 2016by Claire 2 Comments

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 […]

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Lamb Fleeces

June 18, 2016by Claire 5 Comments

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 […]

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Animals, For sale

Overcoming Fear and Kindness

June 13, 2016by Claire 8 Comments

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 […]

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Animals

Blossom

June 2, 2016by Claire 2 Comments

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 […]

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Animals, Campsite, Dogs, gardening

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