Raku Pottery
More pots! Heading into our last week of throwing. A new teapot style. The latest Raku- using not only horse hair, but now we’ve added feathers.
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What does it take to make a pretzel dog?
Our pretzel dogs aren’t just a run-of-the-mill lunch. Starting with locally sourced, grass-fed beef and our own signature spice blend, our butchers first run the meat through the grinder three times, and then stuff and smoke the hot dogs. Once the dogs come out of the smoker they are plunged briefly into ice water to … Read more
Hand Built Dinner Ware Set.
A group of young folks aged 6-13 are making a dinnerware set for eight together. So far each piece has been carefully formed and smoothed in preparation for firing and glazing- with a little help from Mom and Grandma! Come see it in the pottery booth.
Make-your-own soap ball at this year’s annual Thanksgiving Fair
We are gearing up for make-your-own soap ball at this year’s annual Thanksgiving Fair. We made nine batches of soap early in September. A day or so later, we removed the soap from the molds and cut it into long strips to cure and dry on wire racks. [envira-gallery id=”5195″]
Leather Booth
Heritage Leather is excited to announce the addition of genuine sheepskin slippers to their line of products in the Homestead Leather Booth at the Fair! These fuzzy slippers are the perfect thing for keeping your feet warm and cozy! We will also have leather bags, wallets, belts and more. Stop by our booth in the … Read more
The Jalapeño Polish Sausage is out of the smoker!
Homestead Meat Market is working lots of extra hours to produce enough hot dogs, sausages and hamburgers to feed all of the expected guests to this year’s Fair! It took 24.5 hours of continuous prep and smoking to complete 1,100 spicy jalapeño sausage for the American food booth. Stop by and try one out! And … Read more
Youth Choir is Warming Up!
The youth choir is spending lots of time together going over their favorite songs. Practicing, practicing…After all, somebody has to break in that new platform! Come hear them live at the Fair!
Hand made axes
Our Blacksmiths, wood workers and leather workers are teaming up to make amazing, all hand made axes! Stop by the Blacksmith shop to see them during the Fair or anytime during the year at the Craft Village.
Soap Nearly Ready for Cutting
These are the last few batches of these scents of soap to be made for this year! We make only a few batches of some of our holiday scents and once they’re sold out we won’t have them available until next year, so come by and get them while you can! Homemade soap doesn’t … Read more
Waffle Cones Hot off the Press
Once again our cooks are cranking out 2,000 Maple Waffle Cones, each one rolled by hand. All together they used 50# of flour, 36# of butter and 24 quarts of real maple syrup amongst other ingredients. (Yes, each cone contains nearly 2 teaspoons of butter.) I wish we could blog the smell! Yum!!
