Pickings from Sanborn Mills Farm

Farm Pickings

News and Updates from Sanborn Mills Farm

— September 19, 2022 —

Available Workshops:

Late September, October, November

The 2022 workshop season at Sanborn Mills Farm is winding down, but there is still a full schedule of available workshops in late September, October, and November. Click on the workshop title to learn more and to register. Please note that workshops often fill early. (Workshops that are already full are not listed. Full workshops can be wait-listed.) The Blacksmithing Basics Workshop scheduled for November 11-13 will close the 2022 workshop season at the Farm.

Foraging For Color:September 29- October 1

Blacksmithing – Traditional Joinery: October 8-9

Traditional Felt Making with Raw Wool Processing: October 8-9

Draft Animal – Logging with Oxen: October 15-16

Blacksmithing Forge Welding – A Closer Look Into Process and Product: October 15-16

Autumn Ink Making with Natural Dyes: October 15-16

Blacksmithing – Intermediate Smithing: October 28-30

Blacksmithing Basics: November 11-13

Join Us at the Common Ground Country Fair

We hope to see you this coming weekend, Sept. 23-25, at the Common Ground Country Fair in Unity, Maine.

Sponsored by the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association, the fair is a grand event, bringing together folks from across northern New England to visit and learn from more than a thousand exhibitors and speakers, with an emphasis on vibrant communities, sustainable living, and local economies.

Our Outreach and Development Coordinator, Lea Rossignol, who also directs the Northern New England Fibershed, will be at the Fair to discuss the Fibershed program and Sanborn Mills Farm’s wide variety of workshops. 

For more information about the Fair, including a link to ticket sales, click here.

Photo Credits

Top photo by Steve Bjerklie.

Common Ground Country Fair poster courtesy of Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association.