Come hone your skills to a razor edge with tools, tricks and sharper wits of local craftsmen. See different styles and set-ups for sharpening. Learn the best techniques for sharpening knives, garden tools, scissors, axes and scythes. Bring your blades for assessment, demonstration and practice. Go home with sharpened tools, a homemade strop and the [...]
Join local herbalist Alicia North for a pasture stroll at Local Farm. Learn to identify herbs and how they have been used through the generations to heal common ailments. Make a basic salve using plants we collect during the day. Feast on a pot-luck lunch embellished with more of our foragings. All our Old Style [...]
Reflecting on the week of simple living with no electricity after the snow storm of October 29, Catherine writes... All was quiet and still. We realize that we once lived a life of harmony with our surroundings and ever so cleverly it has been taken away and we were separated from our dear mother... earth. [...]
Round and ’round, Mother’s blessing goes ’round, ‘Round the world, around, around. ‘Round and ’round, Mother’s blessing goes ’round, ‘Round the world, around. Twisting strands of love and union Into Life, eternal blessed. Mother’s hand is on the spindle, Turning us to peace and rest. Debra, founder and president of Motherhouse, learned this song from [...]
