Redding, CA 96003
Spring is always a busy time around the ranch. Crias’s being born. Getting ready for shows. Getting the irrigation ready for another year. Fertilizing pastures and OH Yeah, Shearing. A couple of year ago I moved my shearing to mid March with the plan to have everyone but the show string sheared before April first…. Read more »
Several of us got together to dye a variety of fibers this weekend. The weather was glorious and we had a great day. It was fun to see the results of each person’s color selections. What’s really fun is to read the name of the color and have an idea in your mind what it… Read more »
Daisy was born, at a friends farm, to a first time mom who rejected her. I don’t mean she just was a little slow in figuring out motherhood. She would NOT let Daisy nurse. The farm tried diligently to bond the mother and daughter. The vet suggested drugging the mom and putting her into the… Read more »
We have been having a very mild winter here in Northern California. The end of 2012 brought lots of rain actually some flooding with record setting snow fall (for time of year) like 162% of normal. Then a warm dry beginning of 2013. Mother Nature has a wicked sense of humor, The trees are in… Read more »
So did you like the movie “Les Miserables”? Well so did we. We named Sierra’s female cria Fantine (Anne Hathaway’s Character) we also have Cosette and of course Hugo named for the writer Victor Hugo. Fantine was born January 20, 2013 at 19.5 lbs. She is an early bird as she was born about 7… Read more »
Well I guess our due date was wrong on Sedona. She had her cria today and it’s not a premie. I was out of town and my granddaughter Shelby was on baby watch. She returned home and not 10 minutes later her dad called and told her there was a baby on the ground. She… Read more »
NessaRose finally had her cria. I shouldn’t say finally because she was actually a few days early. I predicted she would be born on the 28th as my niece was visiting and like clockwork there is normally a baby born when she is here. So the morning of, December 28th at 8:51 AM Nessa had,… Read more »
OK so we didn’t get a White Christmas, BUT, we did get snow here twice in the last couple of weeks. Snow is not unusual here since the mountains are just a few short miles away. It’s not unusual to have the roads closed going north, east or west and on the rare occasion south…. Read more »
We have just finished our first two “Weave an Alpaca Scarf” classes. This class is designed for you to learn to weave. You learn the basics and terms of weaving and the basic weave pattern. It’s just a fun easy class to learn the basics. Colleen Harvey-Arrison taught our first classes. She pre-warped the looms… Read more »
Here is our fall line up. 10-4-12 Cosette (dsg)female from Elphba (bb) and LV Vantagio (dsg) 10-2-12 Hugo (lf) male from Windy (bb) and LV Vantagio (dsg) 10-9-12 India (db) female from Citrine (mf) and Skywalker 10-26-12 Bentley (mf) male from Bonita (bb) and OVA Vyper (mb) 10-29-12 York (mb/lb?) male from Kiss (mb) and… Read more »
Our family had fun feeding the alpacas this was our second time visiting so beautiful thank you for having this 🙂 the kids just loved it the hot dogs were a hit as well we appreciate all that makes this possible … thank you!!