Filed under: agriculture, Education, sheep, Uncategorized | Tags: agriculture, shearing, sheep
On the 19th of April the San Juan Wool Growers held their annual sheep shearing clinic at La Boca. We had fiber experts from the Mountain High Fiber’s Ladies in Pagosa Springs, Steve LeValley from Colorado State University and Pam and Doug Ramsey, local experts (http://laplatafarms.com/) on fiber come as well as a number of expert shearers that demonstrated their skills. La Boca had their wool sheep sheared as well as some Angora goats. On the 27th Sonny Gustamante will be at La Boca to shear llamas.
Pam Ramsey (center) illustrating how to grade wool.
Filed under: agriculture, Education, School, Uncategorized | Tags: alpaca, Education, fort lewis college, llama, School
La Boca brought an alpaca and a llama to Barnyard Days at Fort Lewis College on the 11th of April. This was the 3rd year we have participated in this program. Barnyard days is put on by the Westerner’s Club and the FLC Agriculture Department and is a program where schools can bring classes and see a number of agricultural activities and animals.
