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Calendar of Events

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Highlights at La Plata Farm

 

* January

Plow snow and  feed sheep

 

 * February

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.

 Begin irrigating our pasture and hay fields

 

* May

 Ewes and lambs out to pasture on the lush green grass

Memorial Day Weekend, Pagosa Fiber Festival, Pagosa Springs, Colorado 

 

* June

 Estes Park Wool Market  Come visit our booth

  Sheep is Life  A celebration of Navajo Culture and Sheep

 Last week of June, Cut our hay and store in the barn for winter

 

* 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

 Enjoy our family and all of our animals