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Mud & Muck - welcome to Spring!

3/22/2023

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Spring is officially here, and boy, does that feel good!

As New Englanders, we know that spring snow is always a possibility, but we take confidence that it won't stay long and there is evidence already that the worst of winter is behind us.
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​As winter slowly fades and snow melts, this is the window of time we all have to traverse before spring really takes hold: mud & muck.

It's a dreary season on the farm before it starts looking its best: 
- the pasture is still dormant
- the trees are still bare
- debris hidden by snow is now visible
- the ground is soft & squishy
- mud puddles

We don the work gloves and muck boots and begin the process of grooming what Mother Nature and the alpacas have strewn everywhere.

- scattered straw will be raked
- fallen branches cleaned up
- dead trees laid to rest
- plant beds prepared 
- damaged fence & shelters repaired
- a new birdhouse will be hung

Over the course of the next several weeks, we will take down the weather barriers from the alpacas' barn and the chicken coop, and prepare the pasture for the alpacas' eventual release from their winter confinement and into a lush field of green grasses.

The alpacas are good sports about being penned up for the winter, but we see them already longing to be out in the field grazing to their hearts' content.   

Just a couple more months to go.
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Softest bed Ever!

The birds are singing their spring songs, which means they are already house hunting or meeting with their architects to build their nests this spring.
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This is a good time to get them a housewarming gift so they are ready to move in.

Alpaca bird nest fluff is a songbird's favorite fiber to lay their eggs in and keep their babies warm.

Simply hang it where the birds will see it.

A great gift for the bird lover in your life.
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I want the fluff!
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