Farming is the way we choose to live.
We are mid-coast Maine fiber producers selling our own farm raised alpacas’ yarn. We enjoy raising our alpacas.
Once a year, just after shearing, each alpaca's fleece is hand sorted and tumbled here before it is crafted into yarn. Alpacas do not have lanolin in their fleece, so washing their fiber, once tumbled, requires limited water usage. As a working farm, we like to share with our visitors the process of how we create our yarns and the local origins of our yarns. Our fibers don't leave New England, minimizing our footprint, from our spinning wheels or from the mills' wheels, all our yarns are local and sustainable, raised here in our backyard.
Our alpacas feed on hay grown and harvested in mid-coast Maine. They eat about 2% of their body weight daily. They LOVE the Maine climate, as they are native to South American Andes Mountains and not heat tolerant. They are raised with care for the land which they inhabit, within the island community we live. Our alpacas impart their natural colors in their fiber, without the use of dyes, into twenty-two shades. All our garments and accessories knitted or crocheted by us are created from our alpaca yarns. Our yarns provide opportunities for hand crafters to create unique heirloom articles of clothing from our fiber animals raised in Maine. We also enjoy collaborating with local sheep farmers to create small batch blended yarns, and nurture our farm community within our fibershed locale. As a purely natural product, once our yarn has reached the end of a life cycle, it may be composted back into the land.
We practice regenerative farming on a small scale. Our land use is tiny in footprint as alpacas’ do not require large pastured space, but enough space to roam and run. They are a herd animal, environmentally friendly in nature, with soft padded feet and a split lip for pulling up grass gently while leaving the roots intact. We use rotational grazing methods, even though alpacas have common dung piles, with our land separated into smaller parcels. They do deposit small amounts of nutrients back into the earth as they move through pastures and woodland. We practice no-till preparations for our vegetable and herb gardens with our own composted alpaca manure and recycle and reuse where possible. Using hügelkultur mounds with natural woods, grass and composed manure to aid areas of low ground or soil in need of nutrient content, all our nutrients are local. Alpacas create a beautifully odor free manure, when composted, it can be used as nutritious top soil or a highly beneficial aid to the soil.
Alpacas are unique with their elegant, gentle and graceful, quiet nature. They produce one of the finest and most luxurious sustainable fleeces in the world, prized for its natural beauty and warming, silky softness. Come by the farm and see for yourself! All are welcome. 😊
When you visit our farm studio you will see all kinds of tools including a fiber picker, two carding machines, peg looms and spinning wheels in action. There is always a project in process involving our fiber. Our studio and gift shop is filled with hand crafted items. We create and enjoy our own natural soap and body butter, a light nourishing salve that is wonderful for dry skin. It is also available for sale in small batches.
Our farm is located on picturesque Southport Island. Meander past the Boothbay Botanical Gardens, while heading south on Route 27, toward the oldest swing bridge in New England. Cross over Townsend Gut to the small island town of Southport. Drive the island loop, either route takes you to the village of Cape Newagen. Here you will find our farm, nestled beside the Southport Memorial Library, and just by the entrance to the Newagen Seaside Inn. Our farm is a small-scale business operated by us as owners. We enjoy sharing our story about “why alpacas?” which is often asked. How did it all begin? Come by for a visit! All are welcome.
At this point in 2023, we own twenty-six alpacas, three spinning wheels and lots of glorious, naturally colored fiber and yarns. Our farm life includes our feral kitty, Lester, who helps with our mice patrol. In 2021, Raven and Ridley, two black female feral kitties joined our team. Our dog, Louie, is a Catahoula Leopard Hound mix. He came as a rescue, via Louisiana in 2015. We brought home a rescue friend for Louie in May of 2021, a small hound mix breed we named Baxter. They are learning how to share the farm and Louie is busy teaching Baxter how to interact with HIS alpacas and chickens! We introduced the chickens to our farm in 2016. We have 16 free ranging hens and one rooster, Mattie, who looks after his girls with pride! Our hens provide us with beautiful brown, white, green and blue eggs. The chickens also have a job to do, to protect our alpacas from slugs and ticks.
We enjoy an active farm lifestyle while relishing in the slower pace of life on our farm, with family and community/volunteer involvement. We are members of the Maine Farm Bureau, New England Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association, Alpaca Owners Association, and locally: Southport Island Association, Southport Fire Department and Southport Memorial Library.
We look forward to sharing our farm with you!
Anne and Michael
We are mid-coast Maine fiber producers selling our own farm raised alpacas’ yarn. We enjoy raising our alpacas.
Once a year, just after shearing, each alpaca's fleece is hand sorted and tumbled here before it is crafted into yarn. Alpacas do not have lanolin in their fleece, so washing their fiber, once tumbled, requires limited water usage. As a working farm, we like to share with our visitors the process of how we create our yarns and the local origins of our yarns. Our fibers don't leave New England, minimizing our footprint, from our spinning wheels or from the mills' wheels, all our yarns are local and sustainable, raised here in our backyard.
Our alpacas feed on hay grown and harvested in mid-coast Maine. They eat about 2% of their body weight daily. They LOVE the Maine climate, as they are native to South American Andes Mountains and not heat tolerant. They are raised with care for the land which they inhabit, within the island community we live. Our alpacas impart their natural colors in their fiber, without the use of dyes, into twenty-two shades. All our garments and accessories knitted or crocheted by us are created from our alpaca yarns. Our yarns provide opportunities for hand crafters to create unique heirloom articles of clothing from our fiber animals raised in Maine. We also enjoy collaborating with local sheep farmers to create small batch blended yarns, and nurture our farm community within our fibershed locale. As a purely natural product, once our yarn has reached the end of a life cycle, it may be composted back into the land.
We practice regenerative farming on a small scale. Our land use is tiny in footprint as alpacas’ do not require large pastured space, but enough space to roam and run. They are a herd animal, environmentally friendly in nature, with soft padded feet and a split lip for pulling up grass gently while leaving the roots intact. We use rotational grazing methods, even though alpacas have common dung piles, with our land separated into smaller parcels. They do deposit small amounts of nutrients back into the earth as they move through pastures and woodland. We practice no-till preparations for our vegetable and herb gardens with our own composted alpaca manure and recycle and reuse where possible. Using hügelkultur mounds with natural woods, grass and composed manure to aid areas of low ground or soil in need of nutrient content, all our nutrients are local. Alpacas create a beautifully odor free manure, when composted, it can be used as nutritious top soil or a highly beneficial aid to the soil.
Alpacas are unique with their elegant, gentle and graceful, quiet nature. They produce one of the finest and most luxurious sustainable fleeces in the world, prized for its natural beauty and warming, silky softness. Come by the farm and see for yourself! All are welcome. 😊
When you visit our farm studio you will see all kinds of tools including a fiber picker, two carding machines, peg looms and spinning wheels in action. There is always a project in process involving our fiber. Our studio and gift shop is filled with hand crafted items. We create and enjoy our own natural soap and body butter, a light nourishing salve that is wonderful for dry skin. It is also available for sale in small batches.
Our farm is located on picturesque Southport Island. Meander past the Boothbay Botanical Gardens, while heading south on Route 27, toward the oldest swing bridge in New England. Cross over Townsend Gut to the small island town of Southport. Drive the island loop, either route takes you to the village of Cape Newagen. Here you will find our farm, nestled beside the Southport Memorial Library, and just by the entrance to the Newagen Seaside Inn. Our farm is a small-scale business operated by us as owners. We enjoy sharing our story about “why alpacas?” which is often asked. How did it all begin? Come by for a visit! All are welcome.
At this point in 2023, we own twenty-six alpacas, three spinning wheels and lots of glorious, naturally colored fiber and yarns. Our farm life includes our feral kitty, Lester, who helps with our mice patrol. In 2021, Raven and Ridley, two black female feral kitties joined our team. Our dog, Louie, is a Catahoula Leopard Hound mix. He came as a rescue, via Louisiana in 2015. We brought home a rescue friend for Louie in May of 2021, a small hound mix breed we named Baxter. They are learning how to share the farm and Louie is busy teaching Baxter how to interact with HIS alpacas and chickens! We introduced the chickens to our farm in 2016. We have 16 free ranging hens and one rooster, Mattie, who looks after his girls with pride! Our hens provide us with beautiful brown, white, green and blue eggs. The chickens also have a job to do, to protect our alpacas from slugs and ticks.
We enjoy an active farm lifestyle while relishing in the slower pace of life on our farm, with family and community/volunteer involvement. We are members of the Maine Farm Bureau, New England Alpaca Owners and Breeders Association, Alpaca Owners Association, and locally: Southport Island Association, Southport Fire Department and Southport Memorial Library.
We look forward to sharing our farm with you!
Anne and Michael