Lasso the Moon Alpaca Farm

08/15/2026

Aunt B kitty and I are harvesting the Hops today to use in some of our Posy Potions. Hops is not just used to make beer, hops is a nervine and is great in teas and tinctures to help calm nerves and help with insomnia. Hops is a bitter herb and is also good for digestive issues. Hops can be used topically in salves or tinctures for pain relief. It is in the same family as Cannabis. Growing hops is easy, but they do need a very tall trellis. This fast growing perennial vine makes a great shade cover if grown up a trellis or cow panel in front of a patio.

07/02/2026

Luke, I am your father...

07/01/2026

06/28/2026

Not just alpacas. We are wild about Foraging and growing herbs too. What a bounty this year for Chanterelle mushrooms. This is my second hull and I always leave 2 pick one to manage sustainably. There are so many new pins coming up too. It is going to be a stellar year for Chanterelles.

06/14/2026

A nice rainy Sunday. Rejoicing in each heavenly drop that is quenching my gardens thirst.

Rainy days are good for collecting roots. While the best tine to collect herbal roots is fall or early spring when the plant doesen't have to concentrate energy on what's growing above ground and all the energy is in the roots, sometimes you just need to collect a few roots to get you through. Collected Dandelion (Taraxacum Officinale) and Wild Yellowroot (Xanthorhiza Simplicissma) to add to my Posy Potions Digesting Better Bitters Tincture. Great for aiding digestion before/after meals. Also harvested some Heal All or Self Heal (Prunella Vulgaris) to add to my Posy Potions Anti-Wrinkle Salve as well as some Passion Flower (Passiflora incamata) and Mugwort (Artemisa vulgaris) for my Posy Postions Sleepy Me Tea. Every day is harvest day this time of year. There are always some herbals that need harvesting.

05/11/2026

Fascinating...I need a bigger orchard!

Your grocery store sells about 20 varieties of fruit. But in 1905, American orchards alone grew over 14,000 named varieties of just apples. So where did they...

05/06/2026

1) Bearded Iris, Foamflower, Rose, Clematis, Columbine, Comfrey, Wild Daisy, Dandelion, Dianthus, Honeysuckle, Dwarf Iris, Jacobs Ladder, Lambs Ear, Catmint, Mtn Laurel, Southern Charn Mullein (Verascum), Peony, Sweet Pea, Potato, Sweet Rocket, Swet Shrub, Tulip Tree (Magnolia family, not a Popular, although folks call it a Tulip Popular), Valerian, Wild Geranium, Wysteria.

Congratulations to Lauren Purdy Thomas for getting 23 of 25 correct, You won the alpaca socks! Please PM me and I will get them to you.

WIN A PAIR OF ALPACA SOCKS! What's blooming now? The first response we receive that correctly identifies these flowering plants (common name) will win a pair of our wonderfully soft alpaca socks. (Hint: some plants are cottage garden flowers and herbs, some are flowering vegetables, and some are native woodland plants.) Good Luck! If no one gets them all correct, we will give the socks to the person that has the most correct answers. We will pick a winner and post the answers on Tuesday, May 12th.

05/03/2026

If you are into anything to do with textiles, fiber arts, or wool producing animals, or just want to learn about it and enjoy it, join us this weekend!

04/14/2026

Alpaca p**p is good for the garden. Just ask the butterflies.

04/04/2026

A single bee can spend nearly 12 hours producing just 8 tiny wax flakes… 🐝
It takes roughly 500,000 of those delicate flakes to build only 1 pound of honeycomb.

Behind every drop of honey is an incredible story of patience, teamwork, and relentless effort.
What looks small to us is a lifetime of dedication for them.
Next time you see honey, remember — it’s not just food, it’s the result of thousands of hours of hard work by nature’s smallest engineers. 🍯✨