Category: Activities

Wom standing in the water in the paddock
February was thought to finally bring summer. What it brought instead was more rain – and storm.
Young girl sitting on timber deck surrounded by pieces of pine branches
This year marks the first time that it was not us adults doing the wreath but our daughter herself with only very little guidance.
Two black and white goats eating hay
The weather has turned from somewhat wet and warm to rather wet and cold. The horses have been rugged up just like the goats. The rodent infestation has become noticeable, so we started putting up more traps on top of the traps and bait stations we already had.
Within days, the hot summer weather had moved on and made space for moderate temperatures with rain and fog.
A long trench in the paddock, disappearing in the distance with
It’s the time of the year again. It’s very dry, the soggy paddocks have dried up and it’s the perfect time to dig out all the drains.
Base of chsritmas tree with presents and cat hiding behind branches
Lots and not so much happened. New ducklings, alpaca maintenance, Christmas, holidays and lots of animal fun.
An orange sky with a few clouds at the horizon over a green valley with low level light across
It’s been a few rather wet days. Some with intermittent sunshine but not enough to dry up the ground yet. The cats use the sunny breaks to go outside but other than that they seem to be in hibernation.
Child cradling a baby goat in her lap
Our 2 little baby goats are called Muddy Valley Twi and Muddy Valley La. They love bouncing around in their paddock and up onto the things in their playground.
Cows and alpacas in front of sunset
I picked a few pictures to keep you entertained and maybe – once we are out of lockdown – you may want to drop by for a stay and enjoy some time off. We will be opening in level 2.
Image along a log with a pulley attached to it at the far end in the slightly blurry distance.
If not doing office work, we fix fences, move animals around, collect, cut and chop firewood, dig trenches, build goat houses ;-) and fix all sorts of things that break over time.
Person holding a rather fluffy alpaca head
Saturday was the day of the bi-annual alpaca maintenance
Several light brown to black coloured alpacas in a grassy green paddock sloping down with pine tree trunks in the background
It’s been quite some time since our fluffy alpacas have been up in the paddock. Down in the valley we hardly see them but tomorrow will be time for the half-yearly maintenance, meaning drenching, vaccination and toenail clipping.