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This week our basket students met together to make over 100 basket bases for one of our hands-on projects for our “Make Your Own” basket booth. One mom came and made homemade pizza while the students worked, and we all had a yummy pizza meal together! [envira-gallery id=”1796″]
If you’ve never heard the sound of a loom in use, now is the time to stop in and see the beautiful products that the weavers are producing for the Fair! From plant to spinning wheel, to loom to finished item, this shop is a busy beehive of activity, as well as a rainbow palette … Read more
Built circa 1760, our restored Gristmill originally came from Long Valley, New Jersey. (You can read more about the history of the Gristmill here: www.homesteadgristmill.com). Inside we found young Ethan helping sift freshly ground Cumin and several other folks bagging up stone ground corn grits and other milled products. If you’re looking for some of … Read more
Sorting through native, Texas pecans straight from our trees on the lower farmland in the Brazos River Valley, we’ll make 250 pounds of Seasoned Pecans to sale at the 2014 Fair. With 9 different flavors, 4,142 jars of jelly made from locally grown fruit is sure to be a hit with any one who likes fruit … Read more
A couple of young men help to take down the bellows from the old forge in our Homestead Blacksmith Shop this past weekend. After removing them, the bellows will be installed above a new forge inside the shop. Master Blacksmith, Caleb Nolen, tells us: “These bellows were custom made for our old forge and we … Read more
It’s a breezy 34 degrees out tonight: a north front blew in just in time for our initial equipment setup on the platform. Setup is proceeding just fast enough to keep us from freezing in place! In just a couple weeks the orchestra will be playing right here!
We just did a trial run for the Make-Your-Own sorghum caramel apples. They were so amazing that we made 100 batches of the caramel . . . hopefully you’ll come dip one of the 1,000 apples we have available to make your very own hand-crafted autumn treat!
We just finished 6 jumpers for the Fair . . . 11 more to go! Stop in at the Pavilion and you can see these little girl’s jumpers in the Sewing booth.
17 batches of delicious Sorghum Pecan Brittle! Homestead Fair may very well be the only place you can get this delectable delight.
27th Annual Homestead Fair A Festival of Crafts, Activities, Music, Food & Family Fun Homestead Heritage and The Ploughshare Institute for Sustainable Culture will host the 27th annual Homestead Fair on Thanksgiving weekend, November 28-30 at Homestead Craft Village in central Texas. This 3-day exposition is a fun, educational festival with activities for the … Read more