Alpaca Teddy Bears have Arrived!!

Alpaca fibre teddy bears have arrived. These scrumptious bears are hand crafted in Peru and each one is unique. We now have 16 inch, 9.5 inch in stock. All white and other natural colour combinations are available. Visit the webstore for more information or to order. Our next expected Halifax Seaport Market day is January 28th. Stay tuned.

Last chance before christmas

We have had great success at the Halifax Seaport market and the Wolfville Market on the Saturdays in December.

While stock is getting limited we do still have a variety of socks, knitted and woven products. This week we will be at the Seaport Market on Thursday Dec 22 and Friday December 23

Merry Christmas

Halifax Seaport Market

Starting November 12th we will be at the Halifax Seaport Market every Saturday till Christmas. You will be able to find us in the Pavillion section which is at the south end of the market.

Products we are bringing include: socks, insoles, teddy bears, scarves, mitts and samples of the Alpaca Duvets.

Come visit us!!

The new truck

Well the old truck finally died and we have spent about a month looking for a new one. New to us, that is....finally we found what seems to be a good one in our price range. The dogs love the back seat.

October Nor'easter

We were hit with a surprise storm this week. The forecast was for a bit of rain and some wind so the resulting storm caught us by surprise.

We had a deluge of rain, some flurries in the air and of course incredible winds.

The Boy's summer shelter was blown upside down, broke one fencepost and was impaled on another. Just after it happened the guys gathered on the tent floor looking around with puzzled expressions, wondering where their house went.

Out I go in the gale force winds to take the sides off the tent as they are acting like giant sails in the wind. The sides came off, and in the final ravages of the storm the remainder of the tent was blown across the field and came to rest upside down.

We are expecting summer weather on the weekend; the first job will be cleaning up the mess.

Wwoofing season over again

Many, many thanks for all the volunteers who helped out on the farm this past season. Without your help we would not have had completed all the fencing, the haying was an easier job and the gardening and firewood were put in good order. The list of other accomplishments is longer than I can list.

Thank you again.

Diablo

We stopped hand feeding Diablo in the middle of September and he is continuing to do well. Still smaller than the rest, and fiercely attached to his mother.

Dyed rovings

All the rovings are dyed now. What a big job, and I was grateful for the help getting it done. Now they just have to dry! It's a riot of colour.

Toblerone's cria

Dartanyan is the first offspring of Toblerone Ben. He shows good straight confirmation and a lovely fawn colour. Here he is just a few hours old. He is the final cria of the season.

Our first Oreo cria

Oreo has come through with a strong, sturdy gal although we were hoping for colour. The dam is William's Sweet Dreams, a white daughter of Jolimont Peruvian Sweet William.

With black and white in her lineage we just had to call her Domino.

Alpacas in the garden

We had a bunch of marginal fibre left from shearing over the past couple of years. Mostly lower legs, belly etc, which is not good enough for yarn and too short to card or felt.

We spread it pretty thick in the garden rows as mulch to control the weeds. It works well and the fibre keeps the plants snugly warm. At the end of the season it will be tilled in as compost.

Never waste anything on a farm!

Picnic Table Art

We had an old table near the barn and some left over paint. The results are pretty cool.

Thanks to all the helpers that had a hand in the creation.

First cria for Coco

Coco had her first cria on Monday. He is a beautiful dark brown fellow we named Diablo.

Even though she's white, Coco's dark genetics came through as expected.

Hay Days!

The weather has finally cooperated long enough to get the hay cut, cured and in the barn.

We contract our neighbour to mow and bale for us, and he had problems of his own with tractors not working the way they should.

With the help of our current wwoofer Caileigh, we were able to get the hay baled and stored on Friday.

This year we had the loan of a hay elevator to help move the bales along. It's basically like Disney Land for hay as they ride along the conveyor. Caileigh and I were the "carnies" making sure each bale was properly seated for the ride to the top.

Now it's time for a day off!

Newest addition

While we were away delivering alpacas to New Brunswick, Sedona decided it was time to add a new fellow to the herd. He is healthy and happy, with a name yet to be decided.