Thursday, April 28, 2016
And it’s snowing once again.
It’s a pretty snow, but not one that makes you want to bundle up and go out and do chores.
Ever.
Except that it’s the thing you signed up to do, and it’s the right thing.
And so I’ll bundle up, venture forth and give those cutie pies some grain and some fresh hay and water.
On Pixie’s pregnancy — she may have slipped a pregnancy. If that’s the case, we’ll rebreed her when we rebreed Lacey.
Or I’ll find a herdsire of my own. That will take some time read more...
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Sunday, April 24, 2016
I’m convinced the due date is wrong. I have to believe that as there is no sign of a pending delivery. So we’ll concentrate on keeping everyone happy and healthy and planning on a cria in the nearer future.
M will need to help me so I can get my “samples.” I’m prepared with a my microscope, got my slides, got my tubes and tube holder, and have my recipe to make the solution to capture those parasites etc. that we may find. I’ll start with the crias.
And speaking of the crias, they are sepa read more...
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Monday, April 4, 2016
Bishop Taft gave me some Rambouillet wool from two of his 1,700+ sheep a month ago. This has been airing in the garage, and I walk past it every day at least three times.
This was the day!
I’ve looked at lots of UTube and Pinterest sites. I have a front loading washing machine, so I can’t follow instructions for the top loading machines, which would be working better in this instance.
Wool is very different from alpaca fleece. Rambouillet has extra bounce and retains it’s shape more th read more...
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Friday, November 20, 2015
I got to spin!I’ve been looking forward to this for almost a month. Julia’s knitting shop in Richfield, Utah advertised a trunk show featuring Corn Creek (Kanosh, Utah).
I’ve been excited but also worried because I don’t like to drive distances here at night because of the immense amount of deer here.
I took the plunge and got out of my comfort zone. Driving to Richfield (about 50 minutes) and back (50 minutes) turned out ok. (I said lots and lots of prayers.)
Meeting new knitters and s read more...
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Thursday, November 19, 2015
This luxurious alpaca yarn is from Carol’s boy. I took the fleece and the fleece from four of my girls to Crooked Fence Alpacas and Mill (located in Mona, Utah) for processing. I had everything except this fleece made in to roving. So glad I did this one to yarn as I don’t have a spinning wheel and can’t use the roving (yet).
The process of turning fleece into yarn isn’t an easy. This coming year, when we actually have the shearing of our flock, I will make sure we take pictures and I go into read more...
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Thursday, November 19, 2015
The afternoon was very cold and windy. The power was out for 1.5 hours. We were planning on chicken, but when power was finally restored, we were hungry!
I got to work in the kitchen, grabbing some handy ingredients. He asked, “What are you making?” “It’s a surprise” I answered. He came in to check on things, so I put him to work frying up some crispy bacon.
When we sat down for dinner, Mike actually said that he’d rate it high and would have it again. That’s what I wanted to hear, because it’ read more...
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Monday, November 16, 2015
There is a movement in Utah to have people that live here start buying things that are made in Utah. Isn’t that smart? Why wouldn’t you want to support things made and grown locally instead of purchasing things from China and elsewhere?
Utah’s Own is an organization that is helping Utah businesses with this movement.
My site is:
http://www.utahsown.org/Companies/Circle-Cliff-Ranch-Alpacas-LLC
I hope you’ll check it out and even plan a trip to Dark Skies, Capitol Reef Country, and pla read more...
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Sunday, November 15, 2015
I’ve tried lots and lots of different wheat recipes. Here is how I make my bread and I hope it’ll work for you too. I like this recipe because it slices nicely if you want to make sandwiches. I added the eggs and it seems to make the bread have a nicer texture. You can choose to skip the eggs if you want. (Makes 2-3 loaves, depending on the size of your pans.)
Ingredients:
5 cups whole wheat flour
3 cups white bread flour
2 T yeast
2.5 cups warm water
1 T sugar
4T oil
2 whole eggs
6T read more...
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Saturday, November 14, 2015
A cria (prounced “cre-a”) is the correct term for an alpaca that is less than one year old.
Maximus, named by our son Michael, is our youngest cria on the ranch. I wanted you to meet him today.
His mom is Ariel, his dad is Mr. Cash. Next October he should have a little brother or sister as his parents “got together” when he was three weeks old. That’s how it’s done with alpaca; they are bred three weeks after the mom has delivered.
Maximus has yet to come up to me and let me feed him; h read more...
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