April 2013 - Open again - our 7th season 8 Apr 2013 | 03:59 pm

Can hardly believe we are starting our 7th season - amazing (and a little bit scary) but there is a lovely rhythm to our lives here - just when you start to get really bored with mud and nothing but a...

10 days to go 17 Mar 2013 | 11:49 am

This is the coldest set up we've had since we opened in 2007 (not as cold as it was for Peter, checking the latest shipment in Mongolia - as he landed the pilot announced it was minus 32 degrees!). Al...

Untitled 17 Mar 2013 | 11:26 am

February 2013 - It's Yurt Set Up Time 24 Feb 2013 | 01:15 pm

Been a busy week - the yurt set up team this year is Sam, Alistair, Sullivan and for a while, Peter - until his toothache made him so grumpy that we voted to send him home.  We've had such a good time...

It's Goodbye Facebook, Hello Blog 15 Jan 2013 | 05:02 pm

Well not exactly – I know we have to keep the facebook page going, but after a year of struggling with it I’ve decided the time has come to ‘face’ up to the fact that social media is probably not my f...

Update on Eli the Orphan Alpaca 22 May 2012 | 11:25 pm

After 5 days (and nights!) of bottle feeding, one of our other alpacas, Florence, gave birth to her first cria - also a rose grey male.  After a night to give the new born a chance to feed undisturbed...

Update on the Hens 17 May 2012 | 05:23 am

I’m pleased to say that the hens heard my plea for eggs and are now laying 9 a day – all bar one who has decided life is so good here that she ought to raise a brood.  This is rare behaviour for this ...

New Website 17 May 2012 | 02:50 am

Regular readers may have noticed we launched a new website in December - thanks to all who gave us feedback - we took everything you said on board  and have addressed the navigation issues (we hope)an...

Eli the Orphan Alpaca 17 May 2012 | 02:41 am

This is Eli – just 2 days old and sadly, an orphan.  His mum D’arcy, my favourite alpaca, died shortly after giving birth – there is a farming saying “where there’s livestock, there’s dead stock” – it...

Hens on the Road to Recovery 25 Feb 2012 | 04:17 am

3 weeks of TLC and the ex battery hens have gone from this... to this - now girls, how about some eggs!