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We’ve had more student potters than usual this year, so our master potters are  looking forward to a large and beautiful collection of hand built, hand thrown pottery for sale during the Homestead Fair! Look for their displays in the Pavilion, you can’t miss the sleek, shiny pots gleaming with their earth toned and colored … Read more

A young craftsman is forging a leg for a wrought iron lamp stand at the blacksmith shop: one of many unique metalwork pieces that will be at the Homestead Fair.   Nearby, a collection of beautiful hand wrought axes are awaiting final touches:

The dates and opening times for the Homestead Fair this year will be:   Friday, November 28th – 9 AM to 9PM Saturday, November 29th – 9 AM to 9PM Sunday, November 30th – Noon to 5PM See you at the Fair!

A visitor to our Heritage Farm in the Fairgrounds recently said: “It looks like they’re building some sort of a greenhouse.” Sure enough, that’s what it is, but it contains something very special: a unique soil-based aquaponics system for growing vegetables and fish. Aquaponics is a system for growing vegetables and fish together in a … Read more

We received another update from our friends grating the soap for all the fun, hands-on, make-your-own soap balls during the Fair. Here’s what they had to say: “Finished up the pink soap grating marathon last night with the help of my five year old, Luke, and my eleven year old, Simeon. (They are the two … Read more

My sister-in-law Tirzah and her husband Clayton are working on finalizing the map of the fairgrounds with all the locations of each booth and event for the Fair program handout. It’s due to head to the printers at the beginning of next week. Tirzah and Clayon organize and create all the signs and informational graphics … Read more

In another kitchen we find our bakers from Artisan Ovens and some volunteers mixing up and shaping 1,780 fresh, whole flour hot dog buns. These buns are meal on their own and when you add a hot dog made from all natural, grass fed beef, you’re in for a fabulous treat. [envira-gallery id=”1380″]

One of the best things about the Fair is it that everyone from oldest to the youngest can participate. Even the littlest children can help out with a parent or older sibling, and it’s a tremendously exciting time of  year. We just received this update from one of our families on a project that they are … Read more

Our potters unloaded the first kiln load of Fair pottery this morning! Master potter Jenni Fritzlan shared this with us:   “Labor Day marked the beginning of our serious Fair preparations. We made 48 mugs, 5 large tea pitchers, 2 extra large pitchers, 4 tea pots, 8 small pitchers and several vases. That is, 3 … Read more

We’re making hamburger buns for the fair! Our goal: 3500 today, half way there!