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At Sanborn Mills Farm, preserving the past and planning for the future go hand in hand. The Farmhand News from Sanborn Mills Farm
October
New 2020 Schedule of Workshops and Classes Offers Great Learning Opportunities
A wide variety of learning opportunities is on tap at Sanborn Mills Farm for next year, including several new craft classes that haven’t been offered at the Farm before.
Working Oxen on the Farm and Garden. This series of three two-day classes is for students who want to learn the entire process of growing vegetables with Oxen power. Learn each step from plowing to cultivating to harvesting, and then enjoy your own Oxen-farmed produce. Students will be able to join individual sessions or register for the full series of animal-power classes at Sanborn Mills Farm. Class dates: Saturday/Sunday, May 16-17; Saturday/Sunday, July 11-12; Saturday/Sunday, Oct. 3-4.
Knife-Making. This series of classes in Sanborn’s blacksmithing program will offer separate sessions for making your own chef’s knife, a “Puukko” knife (a Scandinavian utility knife), or a hunting knife. These workshops will give students the chance to develop their skills at forging, grinding, and finishing. Special attention will be given to blade and handle geometries to an efficient, ergonomic cutting tools. Chef’s Knife Class: July 31-August 2, 2020; Puukko Knife Class: Oct. 23-Oct. 25, 2020; Hunting Knife Class: Oct. 2-Oct. 4, 2020.
Indigo Party and Dye Harvest Weekend.
The Indigo Party will be a fun-filled summer evening at Sanborn Mills Farm showcasing
On Dye Harvest Weekend, you will learn how to Crafting Through the Wheel of the Year.
Talk a walk through the wheel of the year with Clinical Herbalist and wild food lover Sara Woods Kender. This four-part series takes you on a trip through the plant world as we shift through the seasons and embrace all the Earth has provided for us. When we begin to be aware of these shifts, we also become aware that our bodies require different nutrients for different times of the year. Each Fall and Spring our bodies need immune support, and those plants that grow during those times provide us with just what we need. Learn the plants that grow around you and how to use them for food and nourishment, whether we use them on the inside or outside. Watch the Sanborn Mills Farm website (soon to be updated!) for further class and registration information.
Photo Credits Top photo by Steve Bjerklie. Ox-plowing photo by Molly Bolick Hunting knife photo courtesy Jordan LaMothe. Indigo dye photo courtesy Sara Goodman.
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A traditional New Hampshire farm and nonprofit organization dedicated to sustainability, creativity, and preserving folklife skills and agricultural knowledge so that the best of the past can help shape our future.
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