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Fleece isn't the only alpaca byproduct in demand. Residents are invited to visit <a href="http://angelhairalpacas.webs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Angel Hair Alpacas</a> at 66 Wesson St., North Grafton, and scoop up some free manure. Jay Cohen and Maureen Agley, owners of Angel Hair Alpacas, are offering partially composted alpaca manure, which they say can help gardens. They used the manure last year to produce "the most amazing cucumbers,'' they report in their newsletter. As ruminants, alpacas are very efficient digesters and what they produce can be placed directly in the garden, they report. The manure is low-odor and easily managed, they say. The alpacas only eat grass, hay and natural grain so the compost is all-natural, although some bedding hay gets mixed in with the manure. Anyone interested should call ahead at 508-839-9856 and bring their own bags, containers or trucks.  Angel Hair Alpacas will even lend a shovel.

Fleece isn’t the only alpaca byproduct in demand.

Residents are invited to visit <a href="http://angelhairalpacas.webs.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Angel Hair Alpacas</a> at 66 Wesson St., North Grafton, and scoop up some free manure. Jay Cohen and Maureen Agley, owners of Angel Hair Alpacas, are offering partially composted alpaca manure, which they say can help gardens.

They used the manure last year to produce “the most amazing cucumbers,’’ they report in their newsletter. As ruminants, alpacas are very efficient digesters and what they produce can be placed directly in the garden, they report. The manure is low-odor and easily managed, they say.

The alpacas only eat grass, hay and natural grain so the compost is all-natural, although some bedding hay gets mixed in with the manure. Anyone interested should call ahead at 508-839-9856 and bring their own bags, containers or trucks.

Angel Hair Alpacas will even lend a shovel.

MA Patch Team

Grafton

The animal's droppings make free, fruitful fertilizer, alpaca owners say.