They say life's not easy on the farm and sometimes that is so true. Sunday I called Black Tulip Alpaca Farms because our Raoul, was coughing and needed advice on what to do. ~ Take his temp twice a day and monitor him for 24 hours ~ When Monday's sun came up I got a call from the farm saying they had been thinking about our situation and suggested we trade Raoul out for another alpaca. You see Raoul has been sneezing since he got here and the thought was this might be allergy related and could lead to other health problems. After the family discussion we all felt it best to do this. I've had a sick feeling since this decision but know if he is healthier somewhere else it is the right thing to do, so this morning we made the trade. I cried a little bit over this but know he will get the best of care ~ after all he's going back to his original home. I'll get a report on Raoul this evening and in the meantime am enjoying our little Marley Bean. Henri has been a little upset over this but still went swimming in his pool, and our young alpaca Kudzu is happy with his new friend. I'm also thankful that the owners of the farm go beyond just selling you an animal but are concerned about their welfare no matter where the alpaca lives, and so life goes on....here in the south....here in the heat.....
The garden is growing despite the high temps and we've been eating eggplant 2 - 3 times a week not to mention squash, zucchini, cucumbers and tomatoes. I'm blaming the great productivity of course on the alpaca soil conditioner!
Rachel and I did a cooking demo at the farmer's market this past weekend and you can find our recipes under the market menu section.
It's not to early so I'm looking ahead to the fall garden now....
