Washington County Fiber Tour: May 9-10, 2009. 10-5pm, Rain or Shine

The Washington County Fiber Tour, is a free, self-guided driving tour that takes place every Spring throughout the green hills of Washington County, NY. Local fiber producing farms, will open up their back 40 for visitors to meet the animals and the people behind the operation. Many farms will offer goodies in the form of refreshments, activities for children and families, and items for sale, including but not limited to: fiber in all stages (raw-processed roving/yarns), handspun yarns, and handknitted/crocheted/woven items, or other cottage industry style merchandise! There is definitely something for everyone, and anyone would love this tour! It is also very special in that it takes place on Mother's Day weekend. May 9-10, from 10-5pm.

Email:washingtoncountyfibertour@gmail.com, for questions or more information!

Fiber Tour 2009

As we all know, the fiber tour is encroaching (I mean...approaching) upon us quickly ;) Welcome to our new blog! A place where we can all write freely about our lives on the farm, or about our animals (but not about your spouse...unless it's nice stuff, of course). It is an online journal to record anything that you would like the public to know about you and your farm, within the bounds of propriety and descency. So..here's to you all! Get your front yard cleaned up and muck out your barns...it's fiber tour time!

Good luck this year...fiber tour 2009!

I am Jessica Trombley of The Community Baa Farm, in Argyle, NY. We're new to the tour this year, and are very much looking forward to it! This blog should help to enhance awareness of our tour and what we do year-round on our farms. Think "Leaves of Grass." Hopefully it will inspire some people to participate yearly on the tour, or motivate some to get a small farming operation going (like it did for our family), to increase local revenue. We can only hope....My contact email is jtrombley@live.com. Please visit my blog @ www.thecommunitybaa.blogspot.com, or my online store @ www.themermaidsbraid.etsy.com