February is of course the shortest month of the year so I shouldn't be surprised the end of the month has arrived so very quickly. Its also my sister Angela's birthday so if you see this Happy Birthday sister

The weather remains totally unpredictable and this morning at 10am the alpacas were in the middle of a snow shower and by 2pm the sun was shining and the snow had gone.

It is now 6 weeks since we gave the 8-way vaccine to the three alpacas that were born last year. So we now need to give them a booster shot to secure their immunity.



The custom alpaca feed order had to go in today and needs to last the alpaca herd right through into July which is almost 5 months in total. At the end of April after shearing is complete six of the female alpacas will leave the farm to go for breedings, so my grain needs will drop slightly until they return. 45 fifty pound bags should do the trick.

Tomorrow is the 1st of March and that means the start of open and barrel burning in these parts of Oregon, providing there is enough air volume in the valley.

My burning will have to wait until Friday as I am visiting an alpaca farm near Portland tomorrow so need to be up early in order to be there by lunchtime. When I say I am visiting Portland that is usually shorthand for saying that I am visiting an alpaca farm somewhere north of Eugene....

The well known photographer Rhoda Preacher has very kindly agreed that we can use on our website the photographs she took of our alpacas last year when doing an assignment for Hobby Farms magazine.

Adrian Stewart