Alpaca Husbandry

Man applying fertilizer
Chemical vs. Organic Fertilizer
Get the Best – the Natural Way There are numerous reasons to utilize organic fertilizers over chemical fertilizers:   Your own health risk : Ingesting artificial chemical fertilizers cannot only create a... Read more...
Compost Tea and What The Benefits Are
Compost Tea and What The Benefits Are
What Is Compost Tea?  
 Compost tea is a liquid extract of compost that contains plant growth compounds and beneficial microorganisms. This is not the tea you want to drink Liquid... Read more...
Hydroponic farm
Compost Tea in Hydroponic Garden
Using Alpaca Tea Nutrient Solutions with Hydroponics It is essential to use compost tea in a hydroponic system. Any hydroponic grower, or grower in general, not using compost tea in... Read more...
Gardening with the Right Fertilizer
Gardening with the Right Fertilizer
According to the Gallup Gardening Survey, less than half of the country’s home gardeners use any kind of fertilizer on their lawns or gardens. What’s unfortunate about this statistic is... Read more...
Advantages of Alpaca Manure
Advantages of Alpaca Manure
Composting supports sustainable agriculture and leaves the world a better place for the generations that will follow ours. It is an earth-friendly way of obtaining the nutrients for growing plants. On our farm... Read more...
Applying fertilizer
The Science behind the Green Buddz Fertilizer
The preferred pH level for growing for most plants is 6-7 with a C:N ratio (Carbon to Nitrogen) of 25:1 to 30:1.  Alpaca compost is within both of these ranges... Read more...
Raking fertilizer across garden
Benefits of Alpaca Compost
You Need Less To Do More Scientists have proven alpaca compost not only provides nutrients but also increases organic matter, humic acids, beneficial bacteria, and fungi which are vital to... Read more...
Baby Alpacas Class of 2020 - Video
Baby Alpacas Class of 2020 - Video
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Two Alpaca Ladies Eating - Video
Two Alpaca Ladies Eating - Video
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Alpaca Halter Training - Video
Alpaca Halter Training - Video
I believe one of the most essential, healthiest long-term processes you can do for your alpaca is to train them. Just like the rest of us, the more experience we... Read more...
Full Skeletal Mount of Princess Leah the Alpaca
Full Skeletal Mount of Princess Leah the Alpaca
About a year ago, we had to put down Princess Leah, a 19 year old alpaca.  We donated her body to the Montana State Veterinary program where they have since put her... Read more...
Turmeric for Camelids and Alpacas
Turmeric for Camelids and Alpacas
HOW TO FEED TURMERIC TO CATS, BIRDS, RUMINANTS, etc. NOTE: Commercial turmeric capsules/pills containing high doses of curcumin, are NOT RECOMMENDED for use with animals For many years, veterinarian Dr. Doug... Read more...