Join landscape designer, Kathy Connolly for a two-hour seminar on how to establish and care for a flowering meadow in place of your lawn or empty lot. She will discuss the high ecological value of native plants and their role in supporting birds and pollinators. Learn about meadow ecology, native species, and helpful tools to [...]
Rachel Gall of NW CT teaches, fiddles and calls Traditional New England Country Dances. Call her at 860-824-8404 for lessons and homespun organic music entertainment. Rachel Gall has been playing violin since she was 3 years old. As a young adult she began fiddling around with folk music and teaching violin lessons. Thanks to a [...]
Visit Rachel Gall, her backyard flock of sheep and Camp Isabella Freedman's herd of dairy goats. Learn about raising and keeping both. Witness a fine example of neighborly cooperation in small livestock management. ....All our Old Style Life Skills Series workshops run from 10:30 to 1:30 and include a pot-luck lunch. Read blog reports on [...]
Buzz on over to the Taghhannuck Grange Hall to bee with other beekeepers: novice, experienced, professional, and wanna-bees! Todd Shearer will talk about his experiences using top bar hives designed by the Barefoot Beekeeper, Alton Earnhart will demonstrate making bee candy and syrup to feed one's bees, Wyatt Whiteman will show his homemade solar wax [...]
Crafty area “SPIN-sters” will be on hand to demonstrate carding, spinning, knitting, weaving, crocheting, felting ... EWE name it ... with natural wool. RAMble by and try your hand at these soothing traditional arts. Go home with the fruits of your loom! View past Wool Gatherings on our blog. All our Old Style Life Skills [...]
Always remember that a farm is a place of work. Walk and speak in a quiet voice. Greet the farmer when you arrive. Never feed or pet any animals without the farmers permission. Do not climb on any gates, walls, trees, stairs, hay, or equipment without explicit permission every time you visit. Leave all gates [...]
Hand-craft holiday decorations and gifts to brighten up the shortest days of the year. A time to make festive seasonal items like pine-cone bird feeders, repurposed baling twine wreaths and whisks, tree ornaments, hand dipped candles, etc Write lifeskills@motherhouse.us or phone 860-672-0229 for details. All our Old Style Life Skills Series workshops take place in [...]
Organized, on your request, our first ever Homeschooling Forum will include a panel of homeschooling parents and folks who have been/are being homeschooled, a pot-luck lunch, a presentation on book-making as a homeschoolers' tool, a brainstorming session of favorite places to go, things to do as a family and MORE! Our guest speaker, former principal [...]
