By MITCHELLE STEPHENSON, For The Capital
By MITCHELLE STEPHENSON, For The Capital
Capital Gazette Communications
Published
11/12/09
The Twin Beeches alpaca farm in West River hosted an open house on Sunday, showcasing their small herd of alpacas as well as products made from the fleece.
Photo no longer available
Mitchelle Stephenson — For The Capital
Doug Nowell stands with two of his alpacas during the open house at Twin Beeches alpaca farm in West River. Nowell and his wife have nearly two dozen of the South American animals, which are prized for their fleece.
Doug Nowell and his wife Teece started alpaca farming a few years back when they bought five of the animals from Ameripaca Farm in Galesville. They kept their day jobs, and focused on both a breeding and shearing program.
Alpacas are part of the camelid family, which includes bactrian and dromedary camels from Asia and Africa, as well as llamas, vicuñas and guanacos. There are no wild alpacas. They were originally domesticated in South America thousands of years...
This story has expired!
You can purchase the full text in our news archives. |
Copyright © Capital Gazette Communications LLC, 2012.
See our
Privacy Policy and Terms of Use
If you encounter other problems, please email nlundskow@capitalgazette.com and include your name, username, and any errors or messages that are displayed. The more information you can provide, the better able we will be to assist you.
In order to post or vote on a comment, you must be signed in with a hometownannapolis account.
Take a look at a summary of Commenting Guidelines.
If you encounter other problems, please email nlundskow@capitalgazette.com and include your name, username, and any errors or messages that are displayed. The more information you can provide, the better able we will be to assist you.