Kensmyth

Alpaca & Muscovy

Lest we forget the lost 2,997 lives for 9 11

How can some of us forget, we cannot. Life goes on but for 2, 997 people on that day, it can never be the same.

The sun went down,

here at Kensmyth today we remember and we pray for those lives lost, as many have been since in other tragedies across the world be they Terrorist or Weather related.

 

Hot Tub days are ending… FOR SALE

fantastic times held in the Hot Tub with Visitors this year but now it is for sale… next year there will be no time whatsoever for such little luxuries… best offer secures, pennies to run

Hello September 2017 from Kensmyth, Clay Meadow

We are looking forward to a fantastic September at Kensmyth…

Alpaca Walks continue where possible… booked in advance of course…

We don’t look back at the wet of August… even if the clover went mad…

and we are so busy that when I saw this on facebook – I really wanted one!

Feeding time for Alpaca – are they getting enough?

Here at Kensmyth we allow 3 feet per Alpaca to eat from at any trough. This is to ensure that each Alpaca can access food. Some Alpaca literally eat to live and stay slim (as some humans do) and some (rather more of them) live to eat and guzzle greedily which can lead to less strong characters not getting enough.

Watching your Alpaca eat from troughs where there is plenty of room ensure you “know” your characters and can address the issue accordingly – fat Alpaca are more likely to have birthing issues due to lack of space for the cria to grow.

With a nearly 12 month gestation – no one should encourage overfeeding of a single quadruped that guzzles BUT as Autumn descends, Alpaca must be fed regularly as weight loss at this time of year is difficult to recoup.

Watch your Alpaca, Hay should be sweet smelling and readily accessed, time for ADE too.

Alpaca should have access to shelter at all times – shade for the Summer, shelter for the Winter.

Nearly September 2017 – Bring it on!

 

Wedding Belles at Kensmyth…

This is a wonderful story for another day but meantime…

Congratulations to our Muscovy and Alpaca lovers Jon and Julie – the smiles say it all and we look forward to seeing you soon at Kensmyth…

Heaven sent at Kensmyth – the inside story

Building Kensmyth from scratch in 2012 was a nightmare of gloop and clay but “Take a look at us now” – the work we have put in over the past 5 and a half years is now a glorious Green focussed Alpaca farm with superb Alpaca imparting knowledge and wonder to all…

the car park by day with the Scots pine…

and by night…

and the wonder of the world on the Cotswold Skyline – a well fenced farm…

Yes – we work hard at Kensmyth…

 

 

 

Lifecycle of a Pine Cone at Kensmyth

sometimes when you see something for the last time, it reminds you of the circle of life. when we planted Scots Pine at Kensmyth in 2012 we had no idea how much pleasure each year they would give us. they were planted partially as a screen but more importantly because of the “yield” of cones which our Visitors enjoy. We give each year, to Groups who let small children paint spray them for Christmas decorations and they are used here for making animals (Alpaca you guessed) out of them.

Each year I watch their “fruit” grow and we teach children a little of the wonder of “Growing Green”…

Each year we see from the “catkin” look alikes to the cones which we pluck and store to dry and it gives us great pleasure to be able to “give” knowledge and wonder to small children and see them smile and learn at the same time. Bless – it is not just where your food comes from!

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