Farm News

Just where does the time go? Last post we were almost finished with October – so I guess it’s two months since I have done this. Lot’s has gone on. First of all, The Deputy, Emma & The Sheriff’s son is looking good. He’s up to 37 pounds and seems to have stalled on his [...]

Well, it has been a very busy time for us this month. The first weekend was the State Fair of Virginia and that went really well. Time has just flown since then! Sue, along with friend and partner Linda Polak are opening an online store soon called 1 Alpaca Place. We will carry alpaca items [...]

Here we are a week into October and all of us, human & camelid, are loving the weather! Mornings are crisp and cool, afternoons are warm, it’s been dry and sunny for several days and the nights have been the best for sleeping! Being a person that appreciates being able to layer on clothes and [...]

Announcing the birth of The Deputy! The Sheriff of Nottingham Hollow and Nottingham Hollow’s Lady Emma have given us a little male cria. It’s only day 311 gestation; he’s 12 pounds! No teeth, arrow straight legs, may be light rose grey, wonky ears and soft toe nails… He’s very alert and was up standing in [...]

It’s time to think about weaning some juveniles before they become yearlings…. The November crop of crias need to come off their dams. The dams have sent them the message that enough is enough but they still try to sneak and I think the dams are giving in to take the easy way out. Who [...]

It’s getting pretty difficult keeping these critters comfortable in this high heat. Today the humidity was way down but everyone was still miserable. I’ve never been a fan of the summer months and unfortunately for those around me it doesn’t appear that is going to change any time soon… More like never? I have astonished [...]

It is mid-July and we are experiencing our second heat wave this summer with temps hovering just over and under the one hundred degree mark. The humidity added to this extreme heat is a killer. I don’t handle heat well as a human; I have so much empathy and concern for the alpacas and other [...]

It May be spring according to the calendar but the thermometer is saying summer.  Sigh.  Really wish wit was about ten or twenty degrees cooler and I’ll just bet the alpacas feel the same way… I see that I have probably broken my own poor record of not posting in a timely manner yet again.  [...]

Greetings! In just a few days we will be saying goodbye to 2010.  What a year it has been.  Looking back, I don’t think there could have been a busier spring! Actually, the busy spring started in the winter months as the Carolina Alpaca Celebration, my first show of the year, was in February.  It [...]