(outdoor demonstrations weather-permitting)
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This enterprising young fellow is making his own birdhouse with a little assistance from one of our woodworkers. There’s a great number of make your own activities available at the fair including candlemaking, clay pottery, leather goods, watercolor, crosstitch, fiber arts, soap and much more. Bring your kids out tomorrow and they can even make their … Read more
For the young and young at heart we have the largest collection of “cotton loop potholders” in Central Texas! We a large variety of the original small potholder and the bigger pro loop size looms. If you don’t want to make them there are quite a few already made.
We are excited about being able to host another Fair this weekend, and we’re getting our distiller ready to do another batch of rosemary essential oil. We’ve also got plenty of homemade peppermint ice cream. Looking forward to seeing you! – Teresa and Gretchen [envira-gallery id=”4698″]
We will have FREE parking all day on Friday! This Saturday parking will be discounted to $5.00 per car, and parking passes from last weekend will still be good for both days this weekend! Get your Saturday parking pass online here: http://www.homesteadfair.com/parking-passes/ The Fair is open for a second week this December for the first … Read more
Inside the Poultry Barn (#17 on the hand-out), we have baby chicks for sale! Take a look inside the egg hatcher as little yellow chicks come peeping out into the world. If you ever had questions on raising chickens from egg to chicken – this is your chance to ask your questions! Be sure to … Read more
This year we had a class teaching basic machining practices in metal work. As a class project we decided to build a steam engine. Considering our knowledge of steam engines to be near zero, we purchased a kit that came with the rough castings and raw materials along with blueprints necessary for a ¼ horsepower … Read more
The growing plants inside the warm, long aquaponics greenhouse shoot up and mature rapidly, more so than the plants outdoors. These little guys are sheltered from the constant blowing wind that can stunt the growth of outdoor plants, and their temperatures don’t fluctuate as wildly. You can almost watch them grow! [envira-gallery id=”4600″]
We’ve added a new item – the Grilled Chicken & Chipotle Chimichanga! From the person who consumed the one pictured, it was the most awesome food they ate the entire Fair! Swing by and check it out!
In spite of being a rainy Fair last weekend, our newest food choice, the Indian Tandoor booth sold out of all Indian Food! But don’t worry! There’s still plenty of other booths with wonderful, hot, hand-made food ready to feed you all next weekend! [envira-gallery slug=”indian-tandoor-food”]
After all parking lots became saturated over the Fair last weekend and even the golf carts were slipping and sliding about, Legacy Carriages brought out their beautiful horses and hooked them to the golf cart trailers shown in the photo. Folks loved the unique ride out to their cars, and the horses enjoyed being useful. … Read more
