Hi, I'm posting this for Marcie. She is a new homeschooling Mom to three, who lives in Ashton Creek.
If you are interested please email Marcie at mcrozier@telus.net. There is room for 30 people so respond quickly.Marcie is offering an opportunity for us to tour three farms in her neighbourhood. She has cows on her farm; her neighbours are the Fourniers, who have a dairy farm offering shares in cows to supply raw milk and she also has neighbours with Alpacas."As far as what we'll be seeing, at the alpaca farm, we can go right into
the pens with the alpacas and touch them, and Don and Sylvia will give
us an overview and answer questions. The alpacas are having their
babies so there will be some cute little ones around. They also have a
couple of sheep in with the alpacas, as well as two commandeer (not sure
of spelling) which specialize in guarding alpacas.
At the Fourniers, we'll be seeing goats, sheep, a duck, chickens, pigs,
and milk cows. Naomi will be giving the tour (she is the one who runs
the cow share milk program). We can be very hands on here too.
My address and the directions are as follows: 3668 Trinity Valley Road
(12 Km outside Enderby). North (right at the lights at the main
intersection in Enderby, Hwy 97 and Cliff Ave.). Cliff Ave. turns into
Mabel Lake Road, and continue on it until just after the Ashton Creek
Store, which is 10Km out. When the road curves to the right just after
the store, keep to the right at the "Y", and now you're on Trinity
Valley Road. Keep on Trinity Valley Road, cross the one lane bridge,
and we're the fourth house/property on the right after the bridge. Park
at my place (and not the alpaca farm) anywhere along the driveway. I'll
try to remember to put some balloons out so everyone knows for sure.
I would think people should allow for 2 hours. For questions, just have
interested parties e-mail mcrozier@telus.net or call me: 250-838-6380."
