Join us in celebrating the longest day of the year at Local Farm in Cornwall, CT. Bring instruments, singing voices, and a dish to share for a potluck supper and campfire sing-a-long. Starting at 7:00. Contact Debra@Motherhouse.us or (860) 672-0229 for more info. For Richard Griggs' photos from our 2012 celebration visit our blog
Learn to create your own soap with bubbly personalities Sharon, Alicia, and Debra. Sharon Laughlin will demonstrate using coconut oil and lye to make a cold-processed soap. She brings wisdom gleaned from running her own soap making business, "Made for You" soaps. North Star Botanicals herbalist, Alica North, will demonstrate adding plant matter to glycerine [...]
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 Motherhouse in celebrating our 10th anniversary as a 501(c)(3) non-profit with a FAMILY PICNIC AT LOCAL FARM in Cornwall, CT. Bring pot-luck style picnic foods and your own place settings. We’ll provide cake and ingredients for hand-cranked ice-cream. Bring gently used/out-grown children’s clothing, cloth diapers, baby carriers and other parenting gear to swap with [...]
Mark your cowlendar and make sure there’s roominate for our FREE Family Cow Forum. Share stories, tails, ruminations, favorite resources, farm moos, and moore with fellow family cow keepers. 10:00-1:00, Saturday, February 25 at the Taghhannuck Grange Hall 7 Dunbar Road, Sharon, CT Official start time is 10:00. There will be breads, spreads, fruit, [...]
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 [...]
