What a great day the sun shone all day and not a cloud in the sky.

This morning I prepared a strip of field next to the road where the alpacas are not allowed and sowed a host of wild flowers. Namely poppies, wild flowers of the Pacific North West and wild flowers of Northern California. You could say I was hedging my bets as we are somewhat between both areas. Which I guess is why they tried to create the State of Jefferson back in 1941 because we are somewhat unique.

The alpaca barn roof has been flapping about in the wind for the last two winters and this spring I was determined to get it fixed. My friend Craig said he would lend me his 40 foot ladder. So he arrived with the ladder today and it was just way too high for me tackle. So I held the bottom of the ladder while Craig went up and screwed down the loose parts of the alpaca barn roof.



I will be getting Craig a case of beer for all his trouble and its probably the best value I will get from a case of beer all year.

My fellow alpaca farmers in California are all very busy lobbying the state legislature to get the tax on alpacas removed and reclassify the alpacas as livestock. Lets hope they are successful.

There is such great demand for alpaca manure at this time of year I just can't make enough of the stuff.....well you know full well what I mean...!!

Time for some alpaca herd health work tomorrow. So until then goodnight my dear readers.

Adrian Stewart - click here for Mulberry Alpacas

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