Poo Pillowcase

30/07/2009 by Rosemary.

After a lovely sunny morning the rain hammered down again.  I got caught over in the field as I was giving Little Star her bottle and we all; me, Little Star and all the mums and cria charged down the hill into the barn.  Yoda is very curious now about Little Star’s bottle.  When she runs up he follows and stares, wondering what is going on!  We weighed her tonight, we hadn’t yesterday because the rain was so bad and I didn’t want to disturb them from the barn.  I was amazed, she is now 8.4kg!  That is a gain of 0.8kg in 2 days.  Lamblac seems to really work well.

In between the rain, Sam and I managed waste which is so much easier with the Provac.  The only problem was Sam treats me like a slow learner and keeps explaining everything and stopping me to re-explain!  He and Carl are now out there continuing with Cool Dude’s new paddock - he’s going to have a lovely view.  I walked the fields checking for ragwort but got a bit distracted in third watching the shadows moving across the hill across the valley.  It still amazes me that just over two years ago it would have taken me 5 minutes to check the fences round my little plot and now it takes an hour round the fields - we’re very lucky.

Sorting out our products from the fleece is moving slowly.  Carl’s mum sent me a trial of a possible little baby bonnet (thank you, Pat!) - it is wonderfully soft.   I’m trying to make sure everything is exactly right before the final range goes into production.

I have now sent Sam off to fill a pillow case with alpaca poo - not to sleep on I hasten to add!  I am going to put it in the water butt I use to water the plants. The goodness should then seep out into the water, cheaper than plant food.  Just must remember not to use that butt for the chickens!

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