We set up this website as a way to chronicle our move to the farmhouse and the little adventures we experience as we expand our hobby farm. The site is part marketplace, part blog, and all us. We hope that along the way our learning experiences not only help us grow but also help anyone else who might be interested in the same endeavors.
Currently, we’re a tiny alpaca farm with a small scale Miniature Schnauzer kennel. The Schnauzers are the best pet breed of dog ever. That’s a certainty. Of all the dogs we’ve owned across our lifetime, none of them compare to the love and cleverness we see from those little creatures.
Owning and caring for the alpacas has been a blast! They’re weird, but in a good way. Often aloof and completely unlike anything we’ve experienced. They’re full of little idiosyncrasies. They serve as a comical relief on the farm.
The farm has been in the family for 3 generations and was once a working swine, cattle, and poultry farm. It’s the perfect farmhouse. As my father-in-law puts it, it’s a "turnkey farm".
We are currently renovating the family farmhouse to better suit our family of seven. We've already moved the four quirky alpacas (Katie, Kiona, Dobby, & Totoro), a charming miniature horse (Ghost), and a stocky pony (Cheyenne) to the farm. We've got a great video of Cheyenne and Ghost galloping through the new pasture while the alpacas graze happily on the lush greenery.
Since we know we’re going to have a lot of space, and since I volunteered to bottle feed four orphaned Boer mix goat kids having goats just suits us. We've recently added six more to our little herd. Bringing our total to three bucklings and six doelings. We’ve got them wormed, vaccinated, and we know they’re going to love it out there. A few more revisions on the house and it’ll be time to load up the family and critters!
So we start our journey raising kids (human and goat), alpacas, and Schnauzers. Perhaps even venturing into starting a garden. And, above all, staying humble, grateful, and close as a family through the quality time we spend together. Give GOD the Glory!
That’s what Farmhouse Grace is all about.
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