Children’s Writings Display
We will be moving our writing displays outside this year at the Fair! Currently working on building new displays. Be sure to make time to stop by and read them.
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Last Weekend In The Greenhouse
Last week we mulched our tomato plants, planted 4 kinds of radishes, 2 kinds of carrots, and transplanted green onions into the grow beds in our aquaponics greenhouse. Our goal is to produce 7 pounds of green onions a month for Cafe Homestead. (www.cafehomestead.com) Our first tomato plants are blooming and the lettuce and some … Read more
Preparing Baskets For The Make-Your-Own Projects
This week our basket students met together to make over 100 basket bases for one of our hands-on projects for our “Make Your Own” basket booth. One mom came and made homemade pizza while the students worked, and we all had a yummy pizza meal together! [envira-gallery id=”1796″]
Fiber Crafts
If you’ve never heard the sound of a loom in use, now is the time to stop in and see the beautiful products that the weavers are producing for the Fair! From plant to spinning wheel, to loom to finished item, this shop is a busy beehive of activity, as well as a rainbow palette … Read more
Inside The Gristmill
Built circa 1760, our restored Gristmill originally came from Long Valley, New Jersey. (You can read more about the history of the Gristmill here: www.homesteadgristmill.com). Inside we found young Ethan helping sift freshly ground Cumin and several other folks bagging up stone ground corn grits and other milled products. If you’re looking for some of … Read more
Homestead Farms: Preparations Are In Full Swing
Sorting through native, Texas pecans straight from our trees on the lower farmland in the Brazos River Valley, we’ll make 250 pounds of Seasoned Pecans to sale at the 2014 Fair. With 9 different flavors, 4,142 jars of jelly made from locally grown fruit is sure to be a hit with any one who likes fruit … Read more
New Bellows In The Blacksmith Shop
A couple of young men help to take down the bellows from the old forge in our Homestead Blacksmith Shop this past weekend. After removing them, the bellows will be installed above a new forge inside the shop. Master Blacksmith, Caleb Nolen, tells us: “These bellows were custom made for our old forge and we … Read more
Setup in the Music Tent
It’s a breezy 34 degrees out tonight: a north front blew in just in time for our initial equipment setup on the platform. Setup is proceeding just fast enough to keep us from freezing in place! In just a couple weeks the orchestra will be playing right here!
Sorghum Caramel Apples
We just did a trial run for the Make-Your-Own sorghum caramel apples. They were so amazing that we made 100 batches of the caramel . . . hopefully you’ll come dip one of the 1,000 apples we have available to make your very own hand-crafted autumn treat!
Handsewn Jumpers
We just finished 6 jumpers for the Fair . . . 11 more to go! Stop in at the Pavilion and you can see these little girl’s jumpers in the Sewing booth.
