tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73543575333860225832024-02-19T03:34:21.211-05:00Autumn Hill Llamas & FiberAutumn Hill Llamas & Fiber is a small llama farm in upstate New York that raises quality llamas with straight conformation, suri-type fiber, and sweet personalities. Raw fiber, roving, yarn, and fiber items for sale. Farm visits are always welcomed.Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.comBlogger182125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-8657995582549862072015-11-28T11:26:00.000-05:002015-11-28T11:26:05.141-05:002016 Outlook<br />
Every year when things start to come to a close, all I can think about is starting everything up again the next year! That's pretty much the place I'm in right now...planning mode! Or should I say dreaming mode!<div>
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I have a lot of big plans for 2016. Sure, not all of them will come true, but I can hope!</div>
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First and foremost, getting Lily some real exposure in the show ring! She has huge footsteps to follow in (her full brother was Grand Champion Medium Wool Male at the ILR Gathering and her half sister has won numerous Grand Champions and Best of Shows in 2015), and I know she will succeed. I'm really hoping to make it to a few of the big out of state shows (March Llama Madness, the Virginia Classic, the ILR Gathering/LFA), as well as some of the closer ones (the NY State Fair, the Big E, etc.). Our main focus will be halter, but I may show her fleece as well. We'll do performance at some of them, and I might even make her wear a costume!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lily at the 2015 NY State Fair.</td></tr>
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Second, starting plans for building a new barn! This is the one that will probably not amount to much, other than the planning, but oh well. In order for me to become a full-time llama farmer I need to build up my herd, and in order to do that I need a new barn! We have a nice barn now, but there is very little pasture attached to it (less than an acre), so it is pretty useless. I hope to build a new barn next to a 6-8 acre field on the other side of the property.</div>
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Last but not least, I think I'm going to get a breeding male next year! I'm going to need one by spring 2017 if I want to breed Kara and May again (I could even breed Lily at that point, but I will probably wait); outside breedings are just too expensive! Going along with my overall vision for my ideal llama, I'm going to be looking for a male with awesome conformation, thick bone structure, dense fine fleece, and a nice personality. It's going to be hard to find though...the thick bone and dense fiber and harder to come by than you might think. I'm going to try to find a part Argentine, as it will help with those traits. I'm pretty sure I've narrowed down a few farms to look at when the time comes... If I can make it to the ILR Gathering/LFA Sale this summer, I would like to bring home a male from the show. That way I can save a bit on transport and be able to show him at the local shows in the late summer/fall. I've even figured out where to build a new pen!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'd love to have a male that looked like this guy! (Argentine Poltergeist)</td></tr>
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Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-22510124673418645932015-11-13T09:50:00.004-05:002015-11-13T09:50:49.647-05:00Llama Biography #22: Autumn Hill's KhatadynThe last of our fall 2005 crias was Autumn Hill's Khatadyn. He's also one of my biggest success stories!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Autumn Hill's Khatadyn.</td></tr>
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In 2003 we tried breeding April to the very famous Tuna Catcher at Mark Smith Farms, but for some reason she didn't take. So the next year we decided to use the breeding with one of our maiden females, Autumn Hill's Catanna.<br />
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In late October 2005 I came home early from school one day (gotta love fall break!) to find Catanna out in the field with a new baby. He was doing great, already up and nursing. However as the day went on, Catanna still hadn't passed the placenta. It appeared that she or another llama had stepped on it and drained it, so it wasn't heavy enough to pass on its own. We called the vet, who said to gently pull on it until it came out. **BIG MISTAKE! NEVER PULL ON THE PLACENTA!** My sister and I loaded Catanna in the chute, and my sister started gently pulling. The placenta seemed to be coming out...and then Catanna's uterus came out with it. She had prolapsed her uterus. We made another frantic call to the vet, who said to wrap the uterus in a plastic bag to keep it clean. We sat like that for a couple hours waiting for the vet to get there. Eventually he showed up and stuffed Catanna's uterus back inside. Luckily she recovered nicely, but she did prolapse again with her next cria, so she was retired from breeding.<br />
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Back to Khatadyn... It was evident early on that he was something special. I advertised him and our other male cria at our stalls at the North American show a few weeks later, and a man from Tennessee took interest. He decided that Khatadyn was the one for him, and we delivered him shortly after he was weaned. I never even got to show him!<br />
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But his new owner showed him, and Khatadyn did amazing! He earned several Champions in the few years he was shown, and got his ALSA ROM and Halter Champion awards.<br />
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Khatadyn is one of the many llamas I'd like to get back, but I've lost touch with his owner. Hopefully he is still loved!<br />
Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-21126312578321589142015-09-26T21:10:00.000-04:002015-09-26T21:10:07.973-04:00New York State Fair!Well it has been a whole MONTH since the NY State Fair, and I'm just now posting pictures! I'm a terrible blogger when I'm working full time...<br />
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Overall, the animals did pretty well. They all placed respectably well in halter, and Ralph even managed a performance class placing! Lily was not at all happy whenever Kara left the pen, but by the end she managed to refrain from trying to jump out! They weren't very happy about all the people though, even Kara. They spent a lot of time in the middle of the stalls, just out of reach.<br />
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As with most shows, there were highs and lows.<br />
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First off, it was just plain awesome being in the ring with May again. She was the second llama that I showed as a kid, and it was so much fun to be back at it with her. And she was amazing! The judge loved her fiber (even though she was body shorn!) when we were in halter, and he seemed pretty impressed when I told him she was 15 years old! She managed a respectable 4th place in light wool adult female, despite being the oldest in the class. And even without any performance work in 13 years, she did amazing for me in obstacle and public relations. She placed 20th out of 49 in novice obstacle, and if she hadn't refused a very steep and narrow stair obstacle in novice public relations she would have placed pretty well...she got an 8 or 9 (out of 10) on all the other obstacles! I can't wait to see how she does next fall after some training!<br />
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Ralph was his good old steady self. Always nervous, but I've learned how to deal with it most of the time. He placed 7th out of 49 in novice obstacle, and if I hadn't forgotten an obstacle (the easiest one too!) and gone "off course" he would've done well in novice pack. I think he was 21st out of 48 or so in novice public relations.<br />
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Kara...well Kara was mostly my fault. She got pretty heavy this summer on all our gorgeous green grass, and thus didn't do so hot in halter. She placed 3rd, right behind the Grand and Reserve Champion winners. She also placed 3rd in bred and owned female, behind the Grand Champion Heavy wool and Suri winners. She was great in showmanship though, except for not letting the judge touch her. We still got 2nd though, which I thought was pretty good. And she got to meet her "little" half-sister, Sunny. They placed 1st in produce of dam, and the judge loved them and their size!<br />
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And last but not least, Lily (aka MSF Regal Princess). To be honest, Lily was my disappointment. She was very very nervous being at the show, and it came out in the ring. She was a mess in the performance classes, although she did try some new obstacles which I was proud of. She wanted nothing to do with halter either, and thus didn't walk very well. She got 2nd out of 3, behind the Grand Champion heavy wool female. The judge seemed to like her, he just couldn't evaluate her movement very well. I'm hoping that I can get her over some of her fears this winter, and get her to more shows this spring to help as well.<br />
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It was still a great show with lots of great people, and May got to go to home with Dakota Ridge Farm from Albany to be bred to their gorgeous male (and Best of Show at the NY State Fair!), Joey! Very excited for this baby!!<br />
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I finally got some recent garden pictures, and wanted to make sure I posted them before they weren't so recent anymore!</div>
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The squash and pumpkins have been having a pretty good year. The powdery mildew is taking over now, but frost isn't too far away so I'm not too concerned. </div>
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So excited to pick my big carving pumpkins tomorrow!</div>
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I harvested all of the carrots over the weekend, and we got a good amount. Raised rows is definitely the way to go with carrots, they are huge!</div>
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The cucumbers are shot, and have been for awhile. I think they got cucumber mosaic virus...</div>
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The tomatoes are doing pretty well. I've been proactively applying a copper fungicide to keep them healthy, and it seems to be working somewhat. They're still diseased, but going strong. We've harvested a ton of tomatoes, too! (Each picture shows a different variety of tomato.)</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Legend.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old Brooks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iron Lady.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Defiant.</td></tr>
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I finally ripped out the broccoli and made two new root vegetable rows. I'll probably cover them with something once it starts to frost, but root veggies can handle a bit of cold. I planted radishes, spinach, beets, and carrots.<br />
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And no garden update post is complete without a picture of the harvest! This was just one day. We now have twice as many tomatoes and at least 10x as many potatoes! And I still need to dig the rest of the potatoes!</div>
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I finally got around to taking pictures of the garden, and now that I uploaded them I realize how old they are! </div>
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These are the 4 squash and pumpkin mounds. I was trying out a few different trellises for the squash, but I think they are too much trouble. The squash are producing wonderfully, but are now coming down with a fungus.</div>
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The flower edging has turned out quite well. Needs to be weeded a bit, but flowered nicely.<br />
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This is one of the root vegetable mixed rows. Onions at the top, radishes at the bottom. There are now carrots and beets growing in between.</div>
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The cucumbers started out very strong, producing 20-30 every few days. Unfortunately they came down with mildew and are all but dead now.</div>
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The tomatoes still appear to be doing well. There is a bit of fungus, and for some reason they've gotten blossom end rot. I just ordered some calcium, hopefully that will help.</div>
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This is the first of the mixed root vegetable rows. It has now been completely picked, even the carrots turned out well.<br />
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The broccoli produced well enough, but got eaten pretty quick by something (I suspect groundhogs again).</div>
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Last but not least, the potatoes. They are mostly dead on top now, and my husband has harvested a few plants already.</div>
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I'll take more updated pics after the state fair!Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-69827776089926479512015-08-02T23:36:00.000-04:002015-08-02T23:36:48.266-04:00Quarantine...The Why and HowI'm happy to announce that May has finally made it home! It has been 8.5 years since I've seen her, and it is almost surreal that she is back with me. And of course she is the inspiration for this post!<br />
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I'll admit, for the first several years that we had llamas (ok, almost the whole time we've had llamas), we were terrible about quarantining new arrivals! We always had a small herd, and not a lot of extra space, so any newcomer or someone returning from a show went right in with the herd. The thought of that makes me cringe now! Luckily when I set up the new farm I made sure to set up a quarantine area. Any time a new llama comes to the farm they will go in there for at least 3 weeks. My show string also goes in the quarantine pen for 3 weeks after each show. When we build a new barn I plan on building yet another quarantine pen so that I have a place to put females when they come for outside breedings.<br />
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For the past few years, it has seemed like parasites are on the rise. I believe that is due to reporting bias...with the advent of online forums more people are discussing the issues they are having in their herds. But the good news is that owners are becoming more proactive when it comes to preventing parasite issues on their farms. And one of the easiest ways to do that is quarantine!<br />
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By quarantining a new llama (or one coming back from a show or other farm), you lessen the risk of spreading internal and external parasites to the rest of your herd. Parasites are easily picked up at shows and other farms, and even during transport! And of course the stress of being at the show/other farm/transport is enough to make an insignificant parasite load bloom into something dangerous!<br />
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Quarantining is pretty simple...pick a well-behaved companion from your herd (if you only have one newcomer) and stick them in a secluded pen for a specified period of time. <br />
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I like my quarantine pen to be relatively small. I want it to be a dry lot (aka no grass) so that parasites are more easily contained. And of course I don't want to risk contaminating a large pasture! My main quarantine pen is about 40' x 50', with a 10' x 20' pen in the barn. It is big enough for my entire herd (now a whopping 6 animals!) to live in during the winter/early spring. April and May are in this area now. The new quarantine pen I finished building today is much smaller, but still usable. The outside area is about 15' x 30', with a 10' x 10' pen in the barn. I probably wouldn't use it for more than 3 animals at a time (Kara and Ralph are in there now).<br />
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The length of time that you quarantine is a bit of a grey area. For me, it comes down to how bad I perceive the risk to be. If I suspected that the animal would come in with a huge parasite load, I might quarantine for a month or two (and run lots of fecals during that time). If I had a healthy animal coming from a reputable farm, I might quarantine for just a few weeks. I quarantined Lily for 3 weeks this past spring, and plan to do the same with May.<br />
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While the animal is in quarantine, it is important to monitor their progress. It is a good idea to run an initial fecal (I wish I had done this with Lily), so that you have an idea of what you are working with. It takes parasites awhile to increase (if they picked something up from the transport or stress caused a bloom), so you should run another fecal in 1-3 weeks. When you run the follow-up fecal, don't forget to test the companion animal as well...they could have picked something up from the newcomer. If you need to treat for parasites, don't forget to run another fecal 10-14 days after treatment. Yes this will prolong the quarantine period, but you need to make sure that the treatment worked (and not introduce resistant parasites to the rest of your herd!).<br />
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During quarantine, be sure to offer the best nutrition possible. Nice leafy second cut hay is good, and I like to add electrolytes to their water. You can add grain/pellets if they aren't overweight, just be sure to introduce them slowly (mixing with the feed they got at their previous farm is best). And don't forget the minerals! May has been snarfing them down today! Something new that I tried with Lily was an immune booster herbal supplement. Being a young, recently weaned cria, I wanted to help her immune system deal with the stress as much as I could. I bought an herbal supplement from <a href="https://www.smartpakequine.com/ps/smartimmune-pellets--12051" target="_blank">Smart Pak Equine</a> online. I also plan on using this supplement when we go to shows. I think for May I'm going to offer specific herbs instead of the supplement, since she is older and can deal with the stress better.<br />
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Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-84625736831937965242015-07-26T23:18:00.002-04:002015-07-26T23:18:42.127-04:00It's Almost Farmer's Market Time!It's hard to believe that summer is almost over...seems like the year is flying by! Now that I'm out of school, the end of summer isn't such a letdown. Now that I'm a "big girl", it means cooler weather, llama shows, and of course the beginning of *my* farmer's market season! (I specify *my* farmer's market season, because the market has actually been running since May, but I only sign up for the second half, since I figure it would be hard to sell wool hats in 80* weather!)<br />
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I've really begun to enjoy going to the farmer's market. I wake up nice and early every Saturday, drive to Hamilton (a college town about 30 minutes north of where I live), set up, and then spin and talk to people (and hopefully sell a few things!) for 5-6 hours! What fiber enthusiast could wish for much more? Of course on the days when the weather is iffy it is a bit less fun, but the gorgeous fall days make up for it.<br />
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All winter my mom and I have slowly been building up my inventory of knit items to sell at the market. I take other things like handspun yarn and insoles, but the knit accessories really steal the show. I think I've got a great selection this year, and hopefully my future customers agree!<br />
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The market starts for me in just under 2 weeks...August 8! Hopefully I'll have my new llama by then. (Long story short, the original transporter changed her route so she couldn't pick up May. I'm still searching for a new one, but I do have a promising lead!) Can't wait!<br />
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<br />Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-24205027783095397702015-07-18T23:08:00.003-04:002015-07-18T23:08:38.973-04:00May is Coming Home!!!I'm pretty surprised that I haven't posted about this sooner, because I've been over the moon for the last week or so... After almost 10 years of being away, May (aka Little May Flowers) is coming back to the farm!<br />
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To make a long story short (but you can read the long version <a href="http://www.autumnhillllamas.blogspot.com/2012/06/llama-biography-6-little-may-flowers.html" target="_blank">here</a>), May was the very first cria to be born on our farm, over 15 years ago! Her mom April (Alder Crest April Showers) has always been one of my favorite llamas, but I was stupid enough to sell all of her crias! May was part of our breeding herd for a few years, giving us 3 gorgeous crias. She was certainly one of the few select llamas that I've regretted selling over the years.<br />
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About a month ago I got an email from May's owner, asking if I'd be interested in taking her back. Even with her age, I knew I had to have her! I'd already been searching for a new guard llama, and May is one of the best.<br />
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Everything is now set for May's transport to NY...she should get here the last week of July. She'll be quarantined for a few weeks as a precaution, and then has a busy fall scheduled! She's going to be joining Ralph, Kara, and Lily at the NY State Fair at the end of August, and then will be visiting Dakota Ridge Farm in Albany for a "date" with one of their breeding males! Even with her advanced age (and the fact that she hasn't had a cria in almost 8 years!) I'm hopeful that she can be bred one last time. I'd love for April's legacy to live on in my herd!<br />
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Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-62709912068502704282015-07-10T22:24:00.001-04:002015-07-10T22:24:16.654-04:00Garden 2015!It is really disappointing how little "free" time I have at home now that I'm working full time. So much less time for the fun outdoor stuff like gardening, and even less time to blog about it! But I finally managed to take some pictures of my expanded garden, and thought I would share them.<br />
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The garden is at least twice as big as it was last year. It was supposed to be bigger, but 2 broken rototillers later my husband gave up and I settled for what was done. The plants are the same as last year though, just more of most of them!<br />
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These are the "hills" of squash and pumpkin. I'm trying out a few different trellising methods, we'll see which one wins in the end. Still battling the dreaded cucumber beetle, just like last year!<br />
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I finally got my permanent flower edges planted. Hopefully I remember to mark them at the end of the growing season so that they don't get tilled under next year!<br />
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This is the second planting of spinach, onions, beets, carrots, radishes, and lettuce. I have gotten a TON of radishes out of this wide row, and picked a good amount of lettuce and spinach today. </div>
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This is the row of cucumbers. I hid them under a floating row cover for several weeks after planting, but they started to bloom so I freed them. Darn cucumber beetles still found them!</div>
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Can't forget the tomatoes! I planted almost twice as many as last year (not by choice!), so I hope they do well. I did get some fungicide to hopefully thwart the blight.</div>
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My first planting of onions, spinach, beets, carrots, radishes, and lettuce. I've picked almost all of the spinach, lettuce, and radishes, and most of the beets. I noticed today that something is eating the carrot tops, but hopefully they'll still live.<br />
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Good old broccoli, if only everything were this easy to grow! I've already harvested 3 big heads so far this week.</div>
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And last but not least, the potatoes. I definitely planted the rows too close together, and I'm worried they aren't hilled enough. But the plants look gorgeous!</div>
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<br />Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-16346522759346242252015-05-17T00:06:00.000-04:002015-05-17T00:06:19.443-04:00Busy Spring!I'll warn you, the blog is going to be sparse for awhile. I started a full-time job last fall, so my blogging time is greatly diminished. While I'm still doing lots of things around the farm, I just can't seem to remember to take pictures and upload them!<br />
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Anyway, here's a bit of what's been going on the past month or so. Some of this will get expanded on in the future, so stay tuned!<br />
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My first spring project was cleaning and organizing the "garden shed". It has been a mess since I moved in, and I finally had enough! This is what I started with...<br />
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This is as far as I got the first day...hanging all the tools and wire edging/trellises. The rest is done now, just need to get pictures to prove it!</div>
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The biggest spring project was cleaning up outside the barn. Usually over the winter I try my hardest to take the manure down to the garden compost pile every time I clean, but after we got 2' of snow overnight it became impossible! And that 2' never melted until March, just grew and grew! So I resorted to dumping the manure outside the barn, and had a huge mess to clean up! I used the tractor for awhile, but once I realized it was making huge ruts in the pasture I resorted to a wheel barrow.</div>
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This is just a fraction of what I started with! Once again, I need to get "after" pictures now that it is clean!<br />
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And last but not least, the garden. My husband tilled it a couple weeks ago, and parts of it look great!</div>
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Other parts don't look so great (they didn't get tilled deep enough to kill the sod underneath).</div>
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There is lots of lovely llama poop mixed in for fertilizer though!</div>
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The part that was planted last year really looks nice. A few more years of sorting out rocks and we'll have amazing soil!</div>
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I built a cool little tool for seeding the root vegetables...a dibble!<br />
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It has nails in the bottom at various intervals.</div>
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When pressed into the soil, the nails leave depressions in which to plant the seeds.<br />
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After spreading the seeds I covered the area with a sprinkling of soil and watered well. The radishes are already coming up!<br />
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The end of my first day in the garden...3 rows of potatoes planted (4 varieties), a raised row ready for broccoli (a few plants are now planted), and another raised row half-planted with root vegetables (onions, carrots, radishes, beets) and leafy vegetables (spinach and lettuce). The other half will be planted in a few weeks.</div>
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<br />Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-75894721904837719342015-03-22T19:12:00.003-04:002015-03-22T19:12:36.438-04:00Llama Biography #21: Autumn Hill's InaliI have to admit it, Inali was one of my favorite llamas. If only he had been a girl I would've been set for life!<br />
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When we got our new herdsire, Randallama's Cherokee, in 2004, we bred him to a bunch of our females that fall. Alder Crest April Showers was one of those females. April is pretty much my favorite llama, so I was excited to have another baby from her.<br />
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When the fall of 2005 came around, we had two Cherokee crias (Trillium and Catastrophie) born in late September. Just three days after Catastrophie was born, I came home to find a baby running around with April. As I was walking from the house out to the barn I kept hoping that it was a girl, but of course it turned out to be a boy! But he was adorable! April has a good track record of throwing babies with big bone and heavy fiber, and Inali got all of it! He is built just like her.<br />
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Trillium sold right after her first show in 2006, so Inali became my show boy for the year. He didn't do great in halter because he was pretty small (although he did get a few 3rd places in large classes at the Indy Open and Llama Showcase), but by the time the 4-H fair came around he was doing great in performance! We won Grand Champion Senior Performance, Grand Champion Showmanship, and Grand Champion Costume at the Shelby County Fair. Unfortunately our show season was cut short, as Inali sold at the Llama Showcase show and went to his new home in northern Indiana shortly after the 4-H fair.<br />
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Inali has a wonderful home where he is loved and spoiled. He actually lives with a bunch of horses. I went back a year after I sold him to shear him, and it was scary how much he looked like his mom!<br />
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Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-47629014970818532412015-03-07T21:53:00.001-05:002015-03-07T21:53:28.740-05:00New Llamas!I've been putting off writing this blog post for awhile, as I just couldn't think of anything to write. But then it hit me, I haven't talked about my new llamas!<br />
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Last fall I made the decision to find Mr. T a new home. He just wasn't meshing with me or the herd, and I didn't think it was fair for him to be picked on all the time. Luckily a friend of mine was interested, so she's getting T this spring and I'm getting a breeding to her gorgeous male for Kara next spring!<br />
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With T gone, I realized I had room for another llama! I've been thinking about adding a new guard llama since I moved to New York. April certainly isn't getting any younger (she'll be 21 years old in a month!), and I'd like to have a replacement sooner rather than later. So I started the search for a guard llama. Surprisingly enough, a good guard llama is hard to come by in the east! A former customer of mine happened to have a few females for sale, two of which seemed to have guard potential. The dark brown girl caught my eye, and I decided to make her mine! So I'd like to introduce Colby, our new guard llama! And the best part, she's going to be bred to Autumn Hill's Rainier in May, for a 2016 cria! I'm very excited to have one of Rainier's first babies on my farm! My husband wants me to start a line of guard llamas in my breeding herd, so Colby (and hopefully her cria) may just be the beginning of that. Since she's getting bred this spring, she probably won't join the herd until August or September.<br />
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As if one new llama wasn't enough, I decided to go all out and look for a new show girl. Kara will get bred next spring, so this will likely be her last show season. Ralph isn't real happy about being shown recently, so I need someone new! I asked around at a lot of different farms, but finally went back to a farm I've been dying to have a llama from...Mark Smith Llamas from Indiana. I've always admired his animals (usually from behind them in the show ring!), and was determined to finally have one of my own. I love the males that he has (in fact, I bought Kara's mom Bluff partly because she was a Tuna Catcher daughter), and was thrilled to find a young female who is a Mystery's Timone daughter and Tuna Catcher granddaughter! So I'd like to introduce MSF Regal Princess (I really need to come up with a better nick-name though!), my new show girl and future breeding llama! I'm just thrilled with her, and can't wait to see her in person next month! I'm hoping to performance train her this year. I wish I could get her to more shows, but it looks like its just going to be the NY State Fair this year. More next year I hope!<br />
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<br />Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-2400923973359813452015-02-22T02:16:00.003-05:002015-02-22T02:16:39.219-05:00Llama Biography #20: Autumn Hill's CatastrophieUnlike her name suggests, Autumn Hill's Catastrophie (aka Taz) was anything but a disaster...in fact she was one of the most gorgeous and sweet llamas to ever be born on our farm.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Autumn Hill's Catastrophie at the 2007 Ohio State Fair.</td></tr>
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About 6 months after Randallama's Cherokee joined our farm, we decided to breed our best three females to him. The first was Little May Flowers, who delivered the beautiful Autumn Hill's Trillium the next fall. The second was SHAG Cattera, the dam to Autumn Hill's Catastrophie. And last but not least was May's own dam, Alder Crest April Showers, who delivered Autumn Hill's Inali.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SHAG Cattera, Taz's dam.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Randallama's Cherokee, Taz's sire.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taz and her two half siblings, Trillium (L) and Inali (R).</td></tr>
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Almost a week after Trilly was born, I came home from school to find the most gorgeous spotted baby with Cattera. All I could think as I was walking across the pasture to see the cria was "let it be a girl, let it be a girl!", and it was! Taz was gorgeous from the start, and quite a big baby. She had a lot of fun playing with her two half siblings and the other cria we had born that fall. Babies are always so much more fun in groups!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Newborn Taz with Cattera.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taz (behind the tree!) with her cria friends.</td></tr>
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Taz grew up to be a gorgeous girl, and sweet as can be. And did I mention huge? She was absolutely enormous! <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Such a sweet girl!</td></tr>
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Unfortunately Taz was never a huge fan of the show ring. She went to her first show (the Western Ohio Triple Crown) with her two half siblings, and managed a respectable placing in a huge Medium Wool Juvenile Female class (Trilly beat her though). I continued to show her on and off for the next few years, but she really never enjoyed it. Her fleece did amazing in the shorn and walking fleece classes though, winning several firsts and champions.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taz at her first show.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taz winning Reserve Grand walking fleece.</td></tr>
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When Taz got older, we knew she had to become part of our breeding program, so we sold her sire Cherokee and bought an unrelated male, MRLF Ridge Runner. Taz was bred to Ridge in the fall of 2007, and delivered her first cria, Autumn Hill's McKinley the next year. Taz was a great mom and Mac was adorable! She was bred back to Ridge again that year, and had Autumn Hill's Annapurna the year after. Once again a truly stunning cria!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taz and her first cria, Autumn Hill's McKinley.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taz and her second cria, Autumn Hill's Annapurna.</td></tr>
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After Annie was weaned it was decided that Taz needed to find a new home where she could be better utilized as a breeding female (I was once again downsizing the herd). My mom about killed me, but Taz found a great home on the East coast and has since delivered a stunning reverse appy daughter!Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-30957911049825571592015-02-01T21:49:00.002-05:002015-02-01T21:49:25.836-05:00Snow, and Cold, and I Don't Want to Go Outside!!I used to love winter, I really did...then I moved to upstate NY and moved my 5 llamas (ok, 4 llamas and 1 alpaca) there as well and my love of winter went down the drain.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our first big snowfall of the year.</td></tr>
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I thought I knew what winter in upstate NY was all about; after all, I spent 4 years here during college. Note to self: walking from a dorm to class and back is much different than driving 1 hour every day plus doing chores and taking care of livestock!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The llamas don't mind the snow too much. As long as I lure them outside with hay!</td></tr>
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Now, as much as I hate to say it, I don't like winter nearly as much. I don't have time to play in it like I used to (I've only gone XC skiing twice this winter, and haven't gone downhill skiing at all!), and I'm just sick of it!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">XC skiing with Abby last winter.</td></tr>
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I'm slowly but surely figuring out some ways to make winter more bearable though, at least where the lamas are concerned. I no longer feel bad about locking them inside at night, because they stay warmer and I worry less. The two oldies also wear coats (with wool sweaters underneath) 24-7. I've added a "litter box" to the barn to make cleanup easier. And I've installed a plastic strip door (think walk-in freezer) to the barn door to keep the cold and wind out. I still hate dragging poop down to the garden through 12" of snow though!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">April in her coat.</td></tr>
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So, what are your thoughts on winter? Have they changed since you were a kid? ;)Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-87322085934989625762015-01-26T00:21:00.003-05:002015-01-26T00:21:51.639-05:00I'm Back!Well, after a very long winter hiatus (due to the holidays, vacation, and lack of a computer), I'm back in the blogging world!<br />
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Due to the craziness of the holidays and starting a new job, I haven't really accomplished much in terms of llamas or fiber... I did get a bunch of new knit items that my mom made listed on Etsy tonight...<a href="https://www.etsy.com/shop/autumnhillllamas?ref=hdr_shop_menu" target="_blank">check them out</a>!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A crochet scarf I made over Christmas vacation...up on Etsy now!</td></tr>
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The exciting news from the past week or two is that I'm going to be growing my llama herd this year! I found a fabulous new home for Mr. T, and in exchange Kara gets a date with a gorgeous part Argentine male next spring. I'm also looking at purchasing a bred guard llama and a show female (possibly bred as well), so I could be doubling my herd in a couple of years! Very excited to have some new blood in the herd, and especially babies!<br />
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I'm going to try and be better about posting for the rest of the winter, even though there isn't a whole lot going on. I do have a ton of knitting patterns to publish though, so if you've been waiting you may just get lucky!Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-40848442294549095552014-12-07T01:02:00.000-05:002014-12-07T01:02:03.856-05:00Winter Garden Prep<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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Despite previous work by my in-laws, the soil in the garden is terrible! Full of clay and rocks. Last year we added quite a bit of compost before tilling, and I wanted to add a bunch more this winter.</div>
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I also had some moldy hay that I decided to lay down.</div>
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Instead of dumping the llama poop in one compost pile all winter and then moving it in the spring, I've decided just to dump the poop on top of the garden all winter!<br />
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I also hauled a huge load of leaves from the front yard to a new garden spot. Leaves break down into great compost!<br />
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I also ordered a bunch of seeds, some compostable pots, and a floating row cover for next year! Now I just need a few soaker hoses and I'm set for spring!Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-71777563312660873342014-11-16T02:57:00.002-05:002014-11-16T02:57:36.537-05:00Rhinebeck!I'm officially the worst blogger in the world! I promise I'm going to start posting once a week...<br />
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Anyway, I figured it was time to share some pictures from Rhinebeck! (aka the NY Sheep and Wool Festival)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It was a gorgeous (but cold) day at the fiber festival.</td></tr>
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I only took a couple of pictures of my stuff on display, and I can only show one of them as the other is of a gift that has not yet been given!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I walked all over the yarn display looking for my yarn, only to find it with the first place winners! Boy was I shocked!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A superfine merino/cashmere/mulberry silk blend entered in the blended category.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A handspun camel/silk cabled lace cowl entered in the small item handspun yarn category. I also entered a pair of socks in the commercial yarn category but they didn't place! Apparently I have tension issues...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The winning skein...100% BFL in the 2 ply natural wool category.</td></tr>
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All in all I didn't do too bad! I also had a shetland yarn entry that didn't place, but it was definitely the worst of my skeins. Now to plan for next year! And of course to get all of these gorgeous pieces up on Etsy!Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-6610199900529717302014-10-27T22:46:00.002-04:002014-10-27T22:46:42.616-04:00ApologiesWell, the long-awaited post is here...as an apology. The past few weeks have been horrendously busy, and thus no blog posts! And unfortunately, things are just going to get worse...<br />
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In good news, I got a job (yay!!!), but that means that my blogging time (and time for doing things worth blogging about) is going to decrease tremendously.<br />
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My plan is to write at least 1 post a week, and I'll be abandoning the nice "schedule" of posts that I was following. That's not completely a bad thing though, as I wouldn't have much gardening to talk about anyway!<br />
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I hate change as much as the next person, so again I apologize for neglecting this blog (and continuing to do so for the foreseeable future), but hopefully this change will be a good one!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">It is Khatadyn's birthday this week, so I thought I'd share his picture.</td></tr>
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<br />Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-51571009372877163862014-10-15T14:50:00.002-04:002014-10-15T15:48:16.160-04:00Knitting Pattern #8: Seed Stitch Buttoned EarbandWell I don't know what has gotten into me lately, but I keep forgetting about the blog! (Okay, I've had a few weeks with good excuses...I was prepping for an interview last night!)<br />
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Anyway, not much is happening fiber-wise around the farm (I did go to a fiber fest last weekend as a vendor, but I forgot my camera!), so here's yet another knitting pattern! I'll do another ear band...<br />
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You'd think that now that we're done building the new pasture I could sit back and relax...but no! There's always something to be done on the farm!</div>
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The big chore last week was getting the old pasture fertilized. Technically it probably didn't need to be fertilized, as I had the soil analyzed last summer and they said it was fine, but the grass wasn't growing as much as I'd like so I figured it couldn't hurt.</div>
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The hardest part of the process was choosing which fertilizer to use! With grazing livestock, you obviously have to be careful about what you use since the animals could potentially eat it! I was going to use a lawn fertilizer, but they are designed to be slow-release (over 2-3 months), and I didn't have that long to wait before putting the llamas back on the pasture. I ended up going with an organic garden fertilizer, which was 4-3-2 (% nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium). It was basically composted chicken manure, mixed with a few other organic ingredients. The downfall of organic fertilizers is that they don't have as much concentrated nutrients as inorganic fertilizers, but they are a lot safer.</div>
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I ended up applying 30 pounds of the fertilizer to a roughly 1/2 acre pasture. It was pelletized, so I got to use the hand-crank grass seed spreader that I bought this spring.</div>
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I also wanted to lime the pasture. Again, the pH tested just fine, but I've read that an abundance of moss and clover indicates that the soil is too acidic, and I have tons of both! I also figured it couldn't hurt. I ended up buying 150 pounds of pulverized lime. I had to spread this by hand (or by cup rather), as it wouldn't work in the spreader.</div>
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In the grand scheme of things I probably didn't add much to the soil, but it certainly can't hurt. Hopefully having better management next year will help the pasture too!</div>
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After I was done I watered the pasture for about an hour (in a few different spots). It also rained nicely the next day (very light, no downpours). Even a week and 2 rainfalls later you can still see the lime on top of the grass!</div>
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<br />Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-33312060646378184562014-10-07T17:11:00.002-04:002015-06-07T09:35:09.988-04:00Knitting Pattern #7: Slip Stitch EarbandI'm really not the most creative person in the world. Some people may think that the fiber art work that I do makes me creative, but in some ways not really. I am terrible at being creative at words...I can never come up with cool names for my yarns or knitting patterns!<br />
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As I opened up the Word document with this knitting pattern, in preparation for writing this post, I realized how lame the pattern name was! Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on how you look at it), the name wasn't already used for a pattern on Ravelry, so the lame name is staying! Of course, if you have a better suggestion I'd love to hear it!</div>
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I love slip-stitch patterns...they look complicated but are actually very simple to knit. And paired with multi-colored yarn they can take a simple project to a new level!</div>
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Thus I introduce my slip stitch earband! A very simple design and pattern, but gorgeous when knit with a unique handspun yarn.</div>
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Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-30788944144533567152014-10-03T16:07:00.001-04:002014-10-03T16:07:19.507-04:00Big E Recap!Well I was all set to write a blog post last night, and then completely spaced it! So here you go, just a day late...<br />
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The reason I didn't post last week was because we were at the Big E! This is one of the two llama shows that is relatively close to us, so of course we had to go! We left Thursday afternoon and got back home Sunday evening.<br />
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I was worried about getting checked in late (we couldn't check in at the show until 5 pm) and not having enough time to get everyone washed Thursday evening, so the boys got their baths before we left. Kara didn't show in halter until Saturday morning, so I washed her at the show Friday afternoon.<br />
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Luckily this fairgrounds was more organized, although we did have to drive about 10 miles away to park the trailer! Really makes me miss the simplicity of all the Midwest shows we used to go to.<br />
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Friday was the first official day of the show. T and I showed in the very first class (Advanced Adult Showmanship) and got 3rd with some great competition. A few hours later he placed 2nd in his halter class (Non-Breeder Adult), and personally I think he got robbed! But oh well, I'm pretty sure he already has all the ILR-SD halter awards he can get. Everyone showed in Novice Pack Friday afternoon as well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My handsome boy T.</td></tr>
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Saturday was Kara's day to shine. We started off the day with her halter class (Medium Wool 2-yr-old Female), and she won! Sure, there were only two in the class, but she looked great and the judge said lots of nice things about her. I was really hoping she'd get Reserve Grand Champion again, but the championship class was really tough. We also got to go back in for Best Bred & Owned Female (you have to qualify at this show to enter the class), but they only place one animal and she didn't win. Not terribly surprised though. Everyone also showed in Novice Public Relations and Obstacle, but no placings there either. The performance competition was stiff! Late in the evening T and I went back for Ground Driving, and he got 2nd!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">T and his ribbons.<br /></td></tr>
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Overall it was a fun weekend! I got to hang out with some great people and love on some gorgeous llamas! I'm sad that the show season is over so quickly!<br />
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<br />Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-91456358458427066172014-09-13T22:52:00.002-04:002014-09-13T22:52:54.766-04:00End of the Garden<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Well unfortunately I think this week is going to be the end of the garden... The weather has turned quite chilly, and there is even the forecast of frost next week! And of course I'm going to be out of town, so I don't think I'll be able to get any of the plants protected...</div>
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First up are the cucumbers. I guess it was a bad year for cucumbers all around, so I don't feel terrible about their bad production.</div>
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The "tender green" cucumbers did terrible! I planted 3 plants, and 2 died within a few weeks. The one remaining plant hardly gave any fruit. Definitely won't plant it next year!</div>
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Next up is the "market more" cucumber. It did better, but still not great. Production was pretty good though.<br />
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The "national pickling" cucumber was the best overall. Biggest plants and best production.<br />
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And last but not least, the "straight 8" cucumber. Decent production but small plants.<br />
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Next were the squash. I planted 3 plants of each type, and honestly they did about the same. The first one was "success PM yellow straight neck". Overall these plants did better.<br />
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The other type was "yellow crookneck". I eventually lost one of these plants, and another never seems to bear fruit, but the last one produces a ton! Surprisingly there are still tons of new baby squash fruits on the plants, hopefully they will have time to mature.<br />
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Now to the big guns...the tomatoes! First up is the "yellow perfection". These are heirlooms, but they probably performed best in terms of production. They did eventually get late blight, but they are still going strong.<br />
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The pathetic looking plants on the right are "homestead" tomatoes, another heirloom. Huge fruits, but they did terrible. Definitely won't be planting them again.<br />
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The huge success was "matt's wild cherry" tomato. They may have contracted one of the wilt diseases, but the plants are huge and produce quite a bit.<br />
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And the biggest disappointment, "iron lady" tomatoes. They were supposed to be blight resistant, but they got it anyway. And they plants were tiny. They have produced a surprising amount of fruit, but nothing compared to some of the others.<br />
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My pepper plants were a joke...I've gotten a few decent-sized fruits, but all have holes from insects. Not sure if I'll bother next year.<br />
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And last but not least...the last stuff to start in the garden! I think I may have pushed the envelope a bit with these, especially considering the recent cold snap, but I started another batch of radishes, carrots, and beets a few weeks ago. They're coming in nicely. I also planted some lettuce and spinach a couple days ago...wonder if they'll grow at all!</div>
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One of the frustrating things about living in upstate NY is the short training season... Luckily it is typically cool enough in the summer to do training (not so in IN!), but once December hits the obstacle course is covered in snow. I decided to fix that...I built an indoor obstacle course!</div>
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Actually, I built the indoor course because I had a few obstacles that I didn't want sitting out in the sun all year. But I quickly realized that there are other benefits!</div>
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First up is several unusual surfaces to walk over. From left to right: a leftover piece of foam insulation, a trash bag, part of a shower curtain, and some foam pool noodles.</div>
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Next is a step over/jump. It is actually a leftover roll of fence.</div>
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Last but not least is the tunnel. After the NY State Fair, I knew I desperately needed a tunnel. I haven't had one in several years, so even Ralph is unaccustomed to going through one. Luckily there are lots of posts in our barn, so I wrapped some heavy twine between two posts and the wood cattle stanchions. Next I draped a tarp over the top.<br />
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On one side I attached a shower curtain. I had to cut the bottom off so it didn't drag the ground, and I slit the curtain in several places.<br />
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On the other side I attached a few foam pool noodles. I need to get some bells to hang on one of the ends too.<br />
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Just a day or two after I set up the indoor course I had all 3 lamas going through it. Their reactions were quite surprising. For some reason T absolutely refused to do any of it, at least the first time. The second time (a couple days later) he was only nervous about the tunnel. We still need to work on that. Kara was amazing with the tunnel, her issue was the unusual surfaces. But it only took 2 passes and she was over her fear. Of course Ralph was awesome about everything!<br />
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From now until the next show (the Big E, the last weekend of September), my main focus is ground-driving T. He has good moments and bad, I may end up scratching but I figure I might at least try!Emalyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02838072904377154759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7354357533386022583.post-86264842131156491252014-09-09T22:09:00.005-04:002014-09-09T22:09:49.086-04:00Llama Yarn<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
I've been busy working on a special project this past week...llama yarn!</div>
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A friend of mine sent me about 10 ounces of gorgeous tan llama batts, and asked me to spin them. I normally don't like spinning from batts, but I've figured out the secret...just turn them into roving! Whenever I spin a batt, I split it into 3-4 strips, and then pre-draft the strips into thinner roving. It is much easier for me to spin that way.</div>
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Once I finished the first of my color work mittens for Rhinebeck, I started spinning the singles. Luckily we had crappy weather, so I got the yarn spun and plied in just a few days. I washed the 2 finished skeins over the weekend (along with 10 other gorgeous skeins of handspun), and they are sitting upstairs drying.</div>
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