Starting with small steps

Come September 2013, we are finally all in.  It is still very cold and I wondered if I would ever get used to the cold and having a fire going again.  One of the first things we did was to get the vege patch going.  With summer coming on I didn't want to waste one bit of it.

I bought 5 straw bales and a truck load of compost mix.  I didn't want to wait for the weeds to die if I sprayed them, so decided to create the garden using the lasagne method.  I put down newspaper - 3 sheets thick all over the area, then put straw down about 30cm thick and then pile the compost on at about 40cm thick.  Gave the area a good water and walked away.

The Alpacas arrive

In late October 2013, the girls arrived.  Five gorgeous Alpacas and one was pregnant.  Never having owned Alpacas before I knew that this was going to be a step learning curve, but I am a strong believer of throw yourself in to it.