It all started in October 1999. Clearing the site and getting it ready was a much bigger job than we imagined. Dave dug in and determined not to stop until it was all done!
From the ground up, Dave stuck with it! The house was started in September and completed in January when we moved in.
Built mostly with timbers from the property, the barn houses not only the alpacas, but a fiber studio and hay storage upstairs.
At first the alpacas had the run of the place, but with a growing family we found that we needed more rooms!
We planted the orchard while we were building the house. Now we enjoy apples, plums, pears, oriental apple pears and other fruit.