About
"Casa de Arboles" the "House of Trees" refers to the mixed forest and dramatic log home that dominate the property. "Fine Fiber Farm" refers to the huacaya alpacas and exquisite fiber goats that comprise the farms livestock as well as the exquisite wool garments that are produced by their exceptional fleece. Casa de Arboles is located in Monroe, Washington, within the heart of the Pacific Northwest. It boasts panoramic views of the breathtaking North Cascades and access to Puget Sound and the bucolic San Juan Islands.
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Maggie DiUlio and Jim Klaassen, DVM, are a husband and wife team that value uncompromising quality, natural beauty and personal creativity. These values are obvious in the development of Casa de Arboles, Fine Fiber Farm. Their breeding program for huacaya alpacas emphasizes the development of the finest alpaca fleece carried on classic Peruvian white huacaya alpacas with substantial size and excellent conformation. The ultimate breeding goal of Casa de Arboles is to realize Don Julio Barreda's vision of the 20-20 alpaca; twenty pounds of fleece sheared at 20 microns diameter. The Accoyo ranch has many descendents enjoying their lives at Casa de Arboles.
The fiber goat herd does double duty at Casa de Arboles. They were specifically bred to generate fine fiber with a particular degree of curl that is used to adorn the alpaca felt garments produced by the farm. However, since Casa de Arboles is a farm under construction in the forested areas of the Pacific Northwest, the goats are also earning their keep doing blackberry eradication! Because of the mixed breeding of this particular goat line, they not only produce a wonderful softly-curled goat fleece, excellent for spinning, felting or adornments, they also make viable milk goats and meat goats. The characteristic of their fleece lies somewhere between mohair and cashmere and has a lovely soft curl and beautiful luster.
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Casa de Arboles has been under construction since 2004, during that time, we have constructed over two miles of fence for our alpaca's and goats. In the process we have discovered the durability and beauty of juniper fence posts and landscape timbers. To learn more about chemical-free, naturally preserved juniper products, check the Juniper section of this website!