Springtime Musings by Megan Haney of Marble Valley Farm in Kent, CT... Stinging Nettles ... as sure a sign of spring as a body could hope for Stinging nettles are one of my all-time favorite spring foods. I learned a long time ago from the writings of herbalist Susun Weed to harvest these puppies barehanded [...]
"IN COMMUNITY: WITH ONE ANOTHER AND THE EARTH" A Talk Circle with: Mary and Dan Gates, Sharon House Garden Project, Sharon, Conn. Sister Catherine Grace, Community of the Holy Spirit, Brewster, N.Y. Barbara Putnam, Transition Towns, Litchfield, Conn. Katherine Freygang, Cornwall Energy Taskforce, Cornwall, Conn. Betsy Fisher, Food of Life/Comida de Vida Pantry, Amenia Union, [...]
January 5 Farm Camp Reunion 5 Family Contra Dance 11 New Moon Gathering 12 Slippery Slope of Soap Making 20 Motherhouse Board Meeting February 2 Family Dance 9 Big Little Kids Dance 10 New Moon Gathering 16 Cutting Edge - Tool Sharpening 23 Family Cow Forum March 2 Family Contra Dance 9 OSLSS BEEginning with [...]
Motherhouse and Bluestone Farm invite all women to join in a full day celebration of our connection to the earth through sacred agriculture. We'll share our personal farming stories, rituals, pea planting, pot-luck lunch, drumming circle and more. Bring a Pot-Luck dish to share, your own place setting, and any non-GMO seeds you’d like to [...]
Grind wheat, mix and knead dough to form your own loaf of bread to bake at home. Learn the difference between sprouted grain breads, sourdough, and yeast breads. Sample them all and discuss the ingredients during a pot-luck lunch. Please bring a large mixing bowl, a sturdy spoon for mixing dough, a dish towel, a [...]
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Inspired by the book The Red Tent and ancient Jewish tradition, Motherhouse friends, Rachel Gall envisions a monthly gathering for women of all ages on the eve of the new moon. Now meeting under a growing canopy of sewn-together red fabric scraps, women celebrate their fertility cycles and all creative endeavors with an unstructured evening [...]
The Cornwall Country Dance starts with waltzes at 6:45 on the first Saturday of every month in the Cornwall, CT Town Hall at 24 Pine Street. Beginning at 7:00, traditional New England Country Dances including square, circle and contra dances are taught and led by a “caller.” The caller explains how the dances flow and [...]
From egg or doe to table, learn about raising, keeping, caring for, and harvesting chickens and rabbits in your backyard. Learn to dress out a bird and/or rabbit to take home for another day’s dinner. Then see the next step up in chicken harvesting... using cones and an electric plucker! Raising rabbits is the first [...]
Preserve the sweet fruits of summer for year round enjoyment. Learn to make jam, jelly, preserves, and fruit butters with Brent Prindle and Tal Hadani. Take home the fruits of your labors. All our Old Style Life Skills Series workshops take place in or near Cornwall, CT, run from 10:30 to 1:30 and include a [...]
