Archive for February, 2013

Friday is the 1st of March as I’m sure you are all aware and one can not help but remember last March and all the glorious weather it brought. In fact for the last few years March has been a good month for sunshine.

You can see where I’m heading :0)) I don’t want to put it in black and white in case I tempt fate but I will say there’s lot and lots of positive thinking going on here and ...

Having had no rain for a few weeks and the ground being frozen solid I decided today would be a crocs with socks day as I am fed up to the back teeth of constantly wearing wellies.

I guessed that as long as the socks were thick enough my feet wouldn’t come to much harm in my crocs. I’ve had Neil telling me I’m mad and to put my wellies back on before I got frostbite in my toes. But I ...

It’s days like to day that make you, or maybe it’s just me :0)),want to burst out singing. It’s such a beautiful day and added to the previous week of sunshine that we’ve just had I really am feeling like a happy little bunny.

I’ve finally recovered from the weekend and should be using this good weather to start on the improvements that we’d planned for this year, but have I started?

The answer is no, I’m ambling along with out a ...

What a busy weekend, I’m so shattered I can barely keep my eyes open and it’s only 3.30 pm.

Saturday started nice and early doing all the farm chores and alpaca husbandry. That completed in double quick time Neil and I left the farm in the capable hands of our off spring, Carly, Charlie and Lauren and headed of to Oswestry to attend my cousin Jason’s wedding.

What a great day, the sun was shinning, the bride Liz looked absolutely stunning and ...

The weather has turned and we have been having glorious sunshine for the last couple of days. According to the forecast there’s no rain or snow due for at least the next ten days which is absolutely fantastic news. I hope I haven’t tempted fate by writing that:0))

The wet muddy fields and the sudden warm weather however can cause problems for the alpacas in the form of coccidiosis. These nasty little parasites loves warm wet muddy weather and can cause ...

Today was the day the vet was booked for a visit with three of our young male alpacas, Taffy, Woody and Hamilton.

These boys as I have already explained before, are of stud quality but here at Honeyfield we want to be known for only releasing stud males that are very special and all though it breaks my heart to castrate three such beautiful boys, with pedigree’s to die for, I’m adamant that only the very best should go on to ...