NEXT MEETING: October 29, 2014, 7 PM
PROGRAM Wensleydale adults Our speaker will be Peggy Agnew of Red Creek Farm. Peggy has a small (only 30 sheep) farm of meticulously cared for MerinoX, Merino/Lincoln, and WensleydaleX sheep up in Potter Valley. She's the grower of the gorgeous prize-winning fleeces that were purchased for the Fiber Finishing Project that Wendy is heading up. Check last month's blog for info on this project. Wensleydale lambs Two years ago Peggy's sheep, Fizz, won grand champion reserve at Booneville. And last year she was awarded a prize for "Best of the Year" in high quality fleece production. She'll talk to us about all that has to happen to get those beautiful fleeces we love to spin, some of her daily life on the farm, successes & difficulties with even such a small-seeming factor as GMO alfalfa. Peggy cares deeply about her sheep & farm as evidenced by her recent awards. She is very modest & easy to talk with. Unfortunately for us she's sold all her...