Mud season has temporarily arrived about 10 weeks early this year. Last week I literally shoveled soggy hard pack out of our garage because our snow tires were creating virtual speed bumps as the mud sloughed off whenever we parked the cars. Even by typical January thaw standards this feels rather prolonged. I have to…
1. Why was it 41 degrees outside this morning? Leaving aside the fact that it would be nice to go skiing sometime soon, this is getting to be a tad bit bizarre. It says here that amongst the ranks of global climate change deniers you will not find too many farmers or people whose lives…
The time arrives each fall when after months of talking about the members of a given year’s birth class as “so-and-so’s cria,” we actually get down to the nitty gritty of naming these little buggers for real. For the most part that task falls to yours truly with Jen and Kim chiming in now and…
I really do enjoy being at alpaca shows once we’re there at a given event, all setup and actually doing our thing. Not only is showing alpacas perhaps the easiest marketing exposure one can get but the opportunities to hang out with friends and network with other breeders, both new and experienced alike, are really…
What a whirlwind 4 days we’ve had here on the farm. Saturday dawned and the mountainside seemed to wake up in a cloud in more ways than one. Though the fog did burn off by late morning, I will admit now that we went into National Alpaca Farm Days, last weekend with a bit of…
What a crazy week it’s been here. Not bad, mind you but just mind numbing in the fullness of the calendar. Some of my personal numbness may also be coming from watching my Red Sox self-destruct in slow motion. Just brutal. Jen got home from the ARI conference in Houston, TX late on Sunday night,…
