Binder's Hilltop Apple and Berry Farm / Mid Missouri Alpacas

We are a small family farm situated in the middle of 40 acres just a few miles from Mexico, Missouri. We specialize in dwarf apple trees and have at least 18 varieties for U-picking or they may be purchased already picked. We also have other fruits that are picked. They include blackberries that are available in early July, mid July for Peaches and late July for the beginning of our Apple season. We provide several golf carts for those U-pickers that would prefer to ride out to the orchard to gather their fruit. Raising alpacas is our second business. We presently have 80 alpacas in 22 colors. About 25 of these alpacas are boarded at our farm. We offer tours of our facilities, taking customers to our barn area where they are educated about the alpaca and their luxurious fiber. Our tour groups are welcome to handle and even hug an alpaca and have their picture taken with them. Our farm store carries alpaca products from our herd as well as imported alpaca sweaters scarves and hats from Peru. I have several weaving looms in my shop, a felting loom and a spinning wheel and I often demonstrate how they are used if parties are interested. For a small fee interested parties can do a Make And Take project. Choices are: making a Bird Nesting Ball to hang near a feeder, Card Raw Alpaca Fiber and Wet Felt it to make a set of coasters or a felted trivet for a hot casserole dish or they can needle felt a project. We have ALPACA FARM DAYS Open house at our farm each year, the last Saturday and Sunday in September. Their are lots of hands on educational alpaca activities as well as U-picking. There is also Country music entertainment with a Country music singer. It is all free and lots of family fun. Our hours in the past have been 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days. We also carry apple butter, jams and jellies, all made from the fruit raised on our farm. Our store also features an observation bee hive and we sell our own raw honey. We have a picnic area and guests are welcome to relax on the porch or walk around the farm and visit the ducks, geese and guineas. For directions to our farm and for more information please check out our web site at: www.ApplesAndAlpacas.com