Saturday, November 21, 2015

Snow Bird

These are some cold turkeys today: first snow!

This turkey needs some straw...

Looking to get to Florida...
OK, probably not. Thursday is Thanksgiving. Gobble, gobble!

Monday, November 9, 2015

Less Shady, Less Grove

Sadly, the Emerald Ash Borer has laid waste to a majority of trees in the back section at Shady Grove Alpacas. We were afraid that some of these trees would topple over onto the barn and animals, so we hired some heavy duty equipment and people to help us remove all of this dead wood.

End of Day 1: lots of work remains.

Less woodsy.

Day 2: trees all down. View from back fence toward house and road.
The barn looks a little out of place now that all the trees are gone...

Fortunately, there are some live trees on the property line, but it is a much thinner look.

Many of the neighbors are helping haul the wood. Some have wood burning stoves, others want sawmill lumber to rebuild their cute historic wagons. All of them have antique tractors. So quaint and charming! 

Looking toward one of the brush burn piles and imaging a fun party soon! Also pondering how long it will be before we have a beautiful pasture here.
Let us know what inspiring ideas you have for land usage. We have a few ideas up our sleeves too...

I can't sign off without a great picture of a puffed up turkey!
Happy November!