End of farm experience

Finally done. That whole chunk of diary entries I entered while I was at the farm. I knew I had to finish blogging it as soon as I could before the next load of entries come in on my current farm. Which really is nothing, compared to the experience at Len Simmons.

I had this whole load of reflections on the farm experience, which I kind of forgot after the past few days... Looking back, it seemed like quite an adventure, especially when you immerse yourself in something totally new to you, alone. I found it to stretch my limits. Previously I thought there was no way I could last for 2 whole weeks by myself in a foreign place. Now that I have tried it out, the next time I would go for a longer period of time. What about 3 weeks in a foreign land?

Currently, I'm almost halfway through my third farm experience, at an alpaca farm which I drive to every day. The past 2 days starting on Monday had been real hot, so we get half a day off and we knocked off around 1pm. There isn't much to do around the place. In the mornings, we walk around the farm feeding the alpacas premium muesli mixes and lupins as supplementary feed. After that we halter train the alpaca weaners that have just been separated from their mothers. To do that, we have to get them used to human contact, and train them to be able to walk on a leash comfortably. Some are sweet, while others are devils. Each of them has got their own personality, so in a way, it's really interesting to interact with these animals.....