Posts for Alpaca

He looks like a deer from the distance, he’s fluffy and friendly, but he’s a naughty escape artist who typically is to be found on the wrong side of the fence.

The days have become short and cold, with some frosty mornings. Luckily, so far winter has not been as wet as last years.

Spring came and went, Summer took over without much changing. It’s still raining every other day and the sun shines intermittently. But on the bright side that has made all the grass grow.

The weather is getting warmer, the mud on the ground has disappeared, the grass has been growing lots, making animals and people are happy.

The month is almost over and has been rather eventful. From rain to sunshine to torrential rain again and alpaca shearing in between.

Apart from the usual winter farm activities, there has not been much exciting stuff happening. It’s been a typical winter with lots of rain, lots of mud but rather warm in comparison. It looks like nature has decided that it is spring.

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…

Lots and not so much happened. New ducklings, alpaca maintenance, Christmas, holidays and lots of animal fun.

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.

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.

Today we said goodbye to Mocha, one of our Alpaca boys who was born here back in 2016. He went to a new home with a new buddy.

Saturday was the day of the bi-annual alpaca maintenance