So Long?
Has it really been that long since I posted? It looks like I rather lost steam on the blog.
Actually, there have been a lot of things going on including competition for my computer time. My aged Windows machine started to die, so Pam bought me a new computer. Everything on my old Windows machine had to be transferred over to my new computer, and then all the archives from an even older Macintosh had to be transferred as well. Transfer involved quite a bit of fussing and sorting. The good news is I think I saved all the archives that were available to save. The bad news is a disk on the Mac died and I think I lost some pictures and some writings. I suspect I have upwards of twenty copies of certain files I don't really need or want and I'm missing a few files I really do want. Oh, well, such is life. We could be back in the days of paper where I put the archives in the attic to be eaten by mice. I'm finally at the point I feel like I can move forward with the new computer.
Hence this blog entry.
In other projects, I installed a mist system for the girls shed. It's basically a drip irrigation system strung along the roof using mist heads instead of drip heads and it hooks up to a garden hose. The total cost was under $30 using my employee discount, but then we had to purchase another garden hose -- we only have like 500 feet of garden hose around here -- so I could plug in the mist system. One local breeder suggested putting the misters on the ground pointing up to mist the bellies of the alpacas -- because that's were we hose them when they get hot. I like the idea, but there are three problems. First, we already have soaker hoses in the pastures and they don't stand over them. Second, how do you keep them from breaking the misters by stepping on them. Third, how do you prevent the system becoming a tripping hazard.
Having seen the mist system in action, I think it would work much better if one could find a clever way to install it on the ground.
Cailin is growing and changing all the time. She's now eating pellets. I'll have pictures ...
Yes, pictures ... um ... yes ... right ... someday ...
The garden is starting to produce. The lavender is starting to bloom again. The pastures are dry and cracking so badly human feet get caught and ankles get twisted. Filling cracks to prevent broken alpaca legs is a weekly chore. There are forest fires in the Umpqua National Forest so we occasionally smell smoke. In short, it's full summer in Western Oregon.
No fiber content, but at least there is a post on the blog.
Actually, there have been a lot of things going on including competition for my computer time. My aged Windows machine started to die, so Pam bought me a new computer. Everything on my old Windows machine had to be transferred over to my new computer, and then all the archives from an even older Macintosh had to be transferred as well. Transfer involved quite a bit of fussing and sorting. The good news is I think I saved all the archives that were available to save. The bad news is a disk on the Mac died and I think I lost some pictures and some writings. I suspect I have upwards of twenty copies of certain files I don't really need or want and I'm missing a few files I really do want. Oh, well, such is life. We could be back in the days of paper where I put the archives in the attic to be eaten by mice. I'm finally at the point I feel like I can move forward with the new computer.
Hence this blog entry.
In other projects, I installed a mist system for the girls shed. It's basically a drip irrigation system strung along the roof using mist heads instead of drip heads and it hooks up to a garden hose. The total cost was under $30 using my employee discount, but then we had to purchase another garden hose -- we only have like 500 feet of garden hose around here -- so I could plug in the mist system. One local breeder suggested putting the misters on the ground pointing up to mist the bellies of the alpacas -- because that's were we hose them when they get hot. I like the idea, but there are three problems. First, we already have soaker hoses in the pastures and they don't stand over them. Second, how do you keep them from breaking the misters by stepping on them. Third, how do you prevent the system becoming a tripping hazard.
Having seen the mist system in action, I think it would work much better if one could find a clever way to install it on the ground.
Cailin is growing and changing all the time. She's now eating pellets. I'll have pictures ...
Yes, pictures ... um ... yes ... right ... someday ...
The garden is starting to produce. The lavender is starting to bloom again. The pastures are dry and cracking so badly human feet get caught and ankles get twisted. Filling cracks to prevent broken alpaca legs is a weekly chore. There are forest fires in the Umpqua National Forest so we occasionally smell smoke. In short, it's full summer in Western Oregon.
No fiber content, but at least there is a post on the blog.
posted by Upper Alpacas | 12:47 PM
1 Comments:
Is it possible to mount them on the side of the barn, pointing out at about belly level? Get it off the ground, but provide ultimate coolness?
We cobbed together a "portable" mister that works with a hudson sprayer and I know sometimes those acrylic tubing things are hard to point in the desired direction.
It seems like if they were on the ground they'd also be subject to more clogging with mud.
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