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Now Christmas is out of the way, I have a shed full of alpaca fleece to deal with.

I sell some fleeces from the farm gate, but most goes on the website and I sell it via Paypal. This has worked out pretty well, but it's a bit cumbersome and time-consuming to set up, specially at this time, when the pacas have just been shorn, so there's a ton of fleece to sort out and list

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Posted By: Rosemary - Category: Fleece & Wool etc

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Alpaca Christmas Ornaments

December 1st 2009 23:43

I've been designing some cool Chrissy ornaments with photos of my alpacas. I've done some round ones and also oval-shaped ones. They're working out really well too as I have lots of close-up shots and they look great on the ornaments.

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Posted By: Rosemary - Category: Product Reviews

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The 'motherly' type, senile or a dirty old man?

November 25th 2009 22:30

We have a small problem. Actually, I'm not sure that it is a problem, just something I haven't come across before and I guess the alpacas will sort it out themselves.

Ol' Bob nursing two weanlings

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Posted By: Rosemary - Category: Alpaca Care

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Alpaca Calendar

November 11th 2009 21:58

OK, this is just a shameless plug for my new alpaca calendar.

Alpaca Portaits - Calendar

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Posted By: Rosemary - Category: Product Reviews

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What Noises Do Alpacas Make?

November 11th 2009 21:24

So many people ask me about the weird noises that alpacas make that I thought it justifies another post on the subject.

People are taught animal sounds when they're growing up; cows moo, ducks quack and horses neigh etc. but until fairly recently, outside of South America, most people had never heard of alpacas, let alone heard the sounds they make

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Posted By: Rosemary - Category: Just Rambling

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Rain, Glorious Rain - Mud, Mud, Mud

August 9th 2009 07:04

It's wet! By Jove it - is - wet! Now, we're in a pretty lush area, there's no question about that, with plenty of all-year streams, dams and springs that never ever dry up. But this winter has been unbelievable.

The first rains were wonderful. They sprinkled water down which ran across the dry paddocks and down the creeks. They even started to fill the tanks

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Posted By: Rosemary - Category: Alpaca Care

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Alpaca Update

June 6th 2009 01:28

Been away for a while, but I noticed that Alpaca Notes hasn't disappeared off the radar, so I thought I'd drop in with an update.

We lost our lovely Daizi. Not sure what happened, just went out one morning and found her lying dead in the paddock. Very sad, as she was an alpaca I really liked, I could cuddle her and she'd come up and cluck at me like she clucked at her crias

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Posted By: Rosemary - Category: Breeding

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So what’s bad about having alpacas?

July 6th 2008 08:18

There’s not much that’s bad about having alpacas. OK, picking up alpaca poo is a bit of a chore, but that can all go on the garden and it grows lovely plants and veggies for you.

Shearing day is pretty arduous and can leave you feeling stiff and sore from ~~man~~ person handling pacas and sorting all that fleece (particularly if you’re a bit of a sloth who doesn’t do much exercise

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Posted By: Rosemary - Category: Alpaca Care, Breeding

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Skinny Girls

June 30th 2008 03:40

I’ve decided to wean Emily off Alice. Emily’s six months old now and she’s a big girl, so well and truly able to survive without her mum now.

Emily

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Paddock Portraits 2

June 16th 2008 23:54

Here’s Magic. He’s now 4 months old but is already as big (or bigger) than a couple of the 6 month olds. Magic is from my beautiful girl Maralyn who is a lovely calm natured alpaca. Magic is a friendly little guy and he’s soooooo soft! He may well be stud potential, he’s already looking fantastic (and he knows it).