*For those new to the Cow Art and More blog, every Monday, I feature a website of interest to agriculture enthusiasts.*Today's website of interest for the agriculture community is Alpaca Farm Girl, which chronicles the farm life of Katy Spears. Katy Spears has been breeding high quality huacaya alpacas for nine years. She is the mother of four children, and manages a herd of 60+ alpacas on her ten acre farm in Alabama (which is currently for sale). They are moving on to "greener pastures" (pardon the pun) and room for more alpacas!
Ten years ago, Katy was finishing her doctoral degree in psychology, and her husband, Steve was working in the computer industry. They left that all behind to move to their farm and raise alpacas and their children. At the beginning, the alpaca business was more of a shared endeavor. Now that Steve’s dream of being a working artist has come to fruition, Katy tends to the alpaca farm. The alpacas have always been a great passion for her.
Speaking for myself, as someone who knows very little about alpacas, I have enjoyed reading Katy's stories about her farm life. They are true and honest, (both the good and bad times) about everything involved with raising animals. She also shares information about raising alpacas and processing their hair into yarn.
3 comments:
Thanks so much for mentioning my blog. My goal is to spread the word about alpacas as a livestock option. Eleven years ago I had never heard of alpacas, and now I can't imagine life without them.
I appreciate you shining a light on these beautiful creatures!
We twitter folk LOVE Katy and her beautiful alpacas!!
What a wonderful choice to write about! If more people were like Katy, we'd have a pretty fantastic group. Love your site and blogspot and have added you to facebook and twitter. Everyone..keep up the good work!
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