WEEKEND THEMES

Winter is Coming: Part 1 (Sept 21 & 22)

• Get ready for Winter as we explore what it takes to fill the pantry for a long WI winter. Learn how make sauerkraut, how to pickle and preserve produce, and help pack the root cellar before the snow flies!

Winter is Coming: Part 2 (Sept 28 & 29)

• Get ready for Winter as we explore what it takes to take care of yourself and you things during a long WI winter. Learn how make home remedies like salves and syrups, how to care for leather, and help stuff a straw tick mattress before the snow flies!

Butchering Weekend (Oct. 5 & 6)

• At our immigrant farms you can see traditional butchering, and the kitchens will be bustling with autumn preparations.

Apprentice Weekend (Oct. 12 & 13)

• Join us as we celebrate the close of another season of Fall Fun on the Farms with hands-on mini-apprenticeships (5-10 minute activities for all ages) across the site- help make sausage, help harvest in the gardens, help in the woodshed, shoe shop, general store, and more!