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Alpaca Shearing 2010
…is not starting out very well! We have a winter storm warning through tomorrow afternoon. Rain changing to snow and 2 to 6 predicted for tonight. Alpacas are in the barn where we hope they will stay dry, but know they will not stay warm. We’ll be shearing for the next 3 days. Let’s…
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Alpaca Shearing 2014
Done! Shearing is THE big spring chore at Snowshoe Farm and it feels so good to have finished. We shear early – usually the end of April – and, being spring in the NEK, the weather rarely cooperates. Generally, the alpacas have to endure a period of chilly temps before warmer spring weather arrives and…
January Thaw
There’s nothing more depressing in mid-winter than a warm rain. The 40+ degree weather and heavy rain yesterday took us down to bare ground in all our paths and drives, but the unplowed ground is still white. Temps are below freezing this morning, so our fields are all ice. No snowshoeing with the dogs until…
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Warming trend
The temp is above freezing already this morning and the forecast is for several mild days with rain and snow showers. Bummer. Melting and freezing make such an icy mess. But I will take advantage of the warm weather and spend time in the barn skirting fiber. My goal is to get a batch or…
Our spring alpaca show
Our schedule usually includes a string of alpaca shows each spring and fall. Both are very busy times of year even without the added stress of shows. But now that Ron is so busy shearing, we don’t do all the spring shows that we used to do. Ron took four of our boys to the…
Winter in November
No alpacas in the pastures this morning! Up until now, they’ve been spending their days grazing on what little green was left in the fields and seemed to be very comfortable with the mostly dry, but cold weather we’ve been having. But this morning, we woke to 6 degrees, snow and high winds. Not entirely…