Calendar of Events
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Highlights at La Plata Farm
* January
Plow snow and feed sheep
Still plowing snow we hope (that is our summer irrigation storage)
* March
Shearing time at LPF. We shear before lambing to help the ewes and the lambs find all the important parts. Start getting the barn ready for lambing
* April
We normally begin lambing in early April so the lambs are ready to graze the spring grass when they are a month old.
* May
Memorial Day Weekend, Pagosa Fiber Festival, Pagosa Springs, Colorado
* June
Estes Park Wool Market Come visit our booth
* July
San Luis Valley Arts Festival
* August
Second cutting of hay if the irrigation water held out
* September
Fall shearing of the lambs
* October
Taos Wool Festival Come visit our booth. Our 23rd year
Southwest Fiber Festival, Tucson, AZ
* November
Best of the Southwest Fiber Festival
Start feeding hay when the snow fly's
* December