http://gristmillfarmalpacas.com/home Chester County Pennsylvania Alpaca Farm Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:32:16 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Winter has settled over Grist Mill Farm and our Alpacas are whiling away their days eating hay and patiently (sometimes) awaiting the return of warmer weather.  Our busy show season ended in December and we find ourselves with some excess inventory, so we have decided to offer you an opportunity ... http://gristmillfarmalpacas.com/home/2012/01/10/january-happenings/ GristMill Farm Alpacas    Terri & Peter Silvester invite you to attend our Fall Open House & Shopping Extravaganza   Saturday, Nov. 12th, 2011 from 11-4 p.m.   Wondering what to give this holiday season? Looking for something special for yourself? Give (or get) the gift of Alpaca! Browse through gorgeous sweaters, jackets, coats, outerwear, socks, ... http://gristmillfarmalpacas.com/home/2011/10/19/341/ We've been so successful at selling our products at Pearl's Market that we have installed a new and bigger display stand (pictured below)  to accommodate more of our products.  Come on in, shop our display, and all of the other attractive products now available in the store.  Pearl's is in Eagle, ... http://gristmillfarmalpacas.com/home/2011/09/01/weve-just-put-up-a-new-display-at-pearls-market-in-eagle/ Fall is traditionally when we do most of our shows, and this year will be especially busy as we are doing all of the shows we did last year, plus we have added a new one.  Here's the listing for September.  October will be posted later in the month! The Laurels ... http://gristmillfarmalpacas.com/home/2011/09/01/our-busy-fall-season-of-shows-begins/ We decided to try something new this year, so we sent some of our fleece to Texas to be hand-loomed into rugs.  Please see the picture below for just a few of the colors and designs.  We had all of the fleece made into 2 ft. X 3 ft. rugs ... http://gristmillfarmalpacas.com/home/2011/09/01/we-now-have-alpaca-rugs/ We'll be at Pearl's Market in Eagle on Saturday, June 4 from 10:00AM to 3:00 PM, along with tow of our young boys, Cavalier and Dewars.  Come and visit with our Alpacas and browse some of the fine alpaca fleece items that we have in addition to the ones displayed ... http://gristmillfarmalpacas.com/home/2011/05/27/pearls-market-saturday-june-4/ We have had to change our shearing schedule.  We will now be shearing on Friday, April 29, starting at 3:00 PM.  I hope this is not an inconvenience for any of you, and I do hope that you will come out to watch.  Promises to be a fun afternoon!!! http://gristmillfarmalpacas.com/home/2011/04/25/shearing-rescheduled/ We're nearly half way throgh April and we've seen no consistent warming pattern on our farm.  We also hope that April showers do bring May flowers because we've had a lot of the former! Our Alpacas are happy to see spring, and are working the pastures for every blade of new ... http://gristmillfarmalpacas.com/home/2011/04/12/spring-has-sprung-almost/