It’s been more than 20 days since I last posted anything here on the farm blog. Twenty days that were busy and filled almost completely with good things, though there is undeniable relief in this family, that the craziness that the month of April always throws our way has passed yet again. I walked up…
We got word this week that CCNF was declared the winner of both the AOA Heirloom Halter Cup and the AOA Heirloom Fleece Cup at the recently completed Alpaca Owners Association National Alpaca Show in Harrisburg, PA! That means that we were the top overall point getters in the “large farm” division. Though it’s not totally…
Oh, the joys of a late winter road trip! After watching and fretting over the weather forecast starting almost a week in advance — and with things looking increasingly dire with each passing day — we got the automated call from Sam’s high school last Tuesday night (3/11), that his school was in fact cancelled…
As of this past weekend, virtually all of the animals that are going to be a part of our spring show strings over the next month and a half were together in one place, at the CCNF Main Barn. Specifically, all of the yearling females as well as any of the latest weaners that will…
Several takeaways from the past 4 days since we got back from our February break, visiting my parents in the warmer climes of the Caribbean. 1. This is the first winter out of the last 10 at least where we came home from being away in February and had as much snow on the ground,…
It is no secret that we are good friends with Ryen and Ursula Munro, the former owners of Tripping Gnome Farm Alpacas. Our two farms also shared a very close business relationship in recent years, owning several of our most prominent Herdsires together, and we were almost always traveling together to major shows in this…
