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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

> Oooo, fencing to drool over.  What kind of sheep?  Do you spin or sell to
> spinners?

It's a wonderful fence, and will outlast me with minimal maintenance. My 
goal is to make farming easier, because I'll never be able to afford to 
retire.

My sheep are mostly Romneys (one black), and one Rambouilett. I just got a 
Dorset ram last spring, and had 3 surprise out-of-season lambs this fall. 
They are growing like crazy, so I think the combination of breeds will be 
good for market lambs. I have a spinning wheel, but never really learned to 
spin.

I'm using the wool for rugs; I've made several different types. I'm making 
one for myself now that is tied on warp strands, like a Greek flokati (shag) 
rug. It's as thick and luxuriant as a lambskin rug.  I enjoy the work, but 
it's pretty slow going (keeps me off the streets and out of trouble). I'm 
thinking of getting different breeds of sheep with different types/colors of 
wool. It's another thing I'd like to try commercially, but if I had to live 
off my weaving/rug making, I think I'd starve.All my enterprises together 
don't bring in enough to pay the bills.

Lynn Wigglesworth