Category Archives: Alpaca
It’s Go Time!
This is going to be big! Time to start a new farm! Inviting you all to come with me!
The Struggle Continues
As my living situation becomes intensely more tenuous I am finding it difficult to get everything done I need to get my fundraising campaign off the ground. I was able to make a bunch of magnets but all the other donation prizes I have conjured up have had one issue or another – from making …
Snow, snow, a creative outburst, and more snow
It’s been a rough few days! I have been trying to work out my fundraising platform and create donation prizes but life keeps getting in the way. This time around it was a familiar nemesis- snow. This winter has been freakishly warm, with freezing rain and almost no snow, which has been great for me …
Fundraising Stage One – Working on Donation Prizes
Well it’s been a little bit since I announced my plans to try and do a crowdsourcing campaign for my next big project. I have been wandering around in deep reflection trying to figure out what I was going to use as donation prizes. Could I use some of my old art work? I thought …
The Mille Fleur Leghorn Search & Result
I wanted some pretty egg laying machines to add to my laying flock after eating egg sales started to surpass expectation. To keep up with demand I needed something stellar – I needed some leghorns. The thing is I don’t really like leghorns. They’re usually all white birds who do well in heat but not …
The Search for Safe Weeds and Grasses for all Sorts of Farm Animals…
The long and arduous journey of finding plants safe for all the critters to feed themselves with…
Two Days of Touring Alpaca Farms – What We Learned
This weekend was a celebration of National Alpaca Farm Day. Both days farms opened their doors to the public to learn about these wonderful creatures. We went to four farms and asked a ton of questions… below I will share with you some of the many things we’ve learned as well as some musings. I …
Tales from the Birdello 