Henri and Raoul are slowly adjusting to their new life here at Hexapoda, their pasture has shade trees squirrels, birds and my cocker spaniel Lucy running around, not to mention the classical music 24 hours a day. I'm hoping this means life is good for them, and maybe they are getting use to their new home. That Henri will occasionally stand on 3 feet with one leg stuck straight out - (to scratch his ear..) a ballerina he is not...
Within an hour of their arrival we began to get soil conditioner, which meant I started to use it on my garden. This past Saturday was my first weekend at the farmer's market braving my new "farm product" and it was well received I sold some and I received an order for a large amount. My friends are now coming over with 5 gallon buckets happy to take the alpaca by product away! It really is a wonderful addition to the garden and can be used fresh as the nitrogen is very low. The tomatoes I planted and conditioned this spring are doing well along with the rest of my garden. I've been digging through the blue potato pots and we've had 2 meals of rosemary garlic potatoes...
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