Friday and Saturday


Sunday's program will include kids activities, great food, music, shopping and ongoing craft demonstrations, but no seminars or scheduled demonstrations.
  • 7:00 Hand Milking – Farm Experience 11  
  • 9:00 Harnessing Draft Horses 11  
  • 9:30 Farm Tour 11  
  • 9:45 Cotton Preparation & Spinning 1  
  • 10:00 Changing Our Minds – The Impact of Digital Technology 35b  
  •   Forged Kitchen Knife 4  
  •   “Will He Find Faith on the Earth?” When Economy Becomes Religion 35a  
  •   Spinning Cotton on a Tahkli 1  
  •   Sustainable Gardening & Soil Restoration 3  
  •   Bread Making 18  
  • 10:20 Sheep Shearing 14  
  • 10:30 Cotton Preparation and Spinning off the Point 1  
  • 10:40 Sheepdog — Herding Sheep 16  
  • 10:45 Cotton Spinning on a Traditional Wheel 1  
  • 11:00 Keynote Address: Freedom is Killing Our Liberty – Examining the Corollary Between Social Constraint and Political Liberty 35a  
  •   A Culture of Healing— Bringing Meaning to Disability and Suffering 35b  
  •   Barn Raising 30  
  •   Farm Tour 11  
  •   Wood Turning 4  
  •   Spinning Cotton on a Charkha 1  
  •   Spinning Wool on a Drop Spindle 1  
  •   Broom Making 1  
  •   Sourdough Bread Making 18  
  •   Beekeeping Seminar 3  
  •   Goat Care 14  
  • 11:15 Combing, Carding & Spinning 1  
  • 11:30 Mini-Barn Raising for Kids 30  
  •   Goat Milking 14  
  • 12:00 The Roots of Industrialism and a Return to Sustainability 35a  
  •   Foundation Stones for Child Training and Building Christian Character 35b  
  •   Throwing and Firing Raku Pottery 4  
  •   Seed Sustainability and Food Waste 18  
  • 12:15 Horse Training 16  
  • 12:40 Rope Making 23  
  • 1:00 Woodworking with Hand Tools 4  
  •   “I Feel like You’re Judging Me” – The Quest of Unity of the Faith in a Relativistic Age 35b  
  •   The Perils of “Progress” – Unveiling Modern Culture 35a  
  •   What Do I Do? – A Conversation with Two Homesteaders 3  
  •   A Day in the Life of a Home-schooling Family 20  
  •   Horse Farming 17  
  •   Cheese Making Seminar — Mozzarella 18  
  • 1:30 Barn Raising 30  
  • 2:00 Sheepdog — Herding Sheep 16  
  •   Basic Soap Making 18  
  • 2:20 Sheep Shearing 14  
  • 2:30 Afternoon Music 13  
  •   Farm Tour 11  
  • 3:00 Metal Spinning a Large Copper Vessel 4  
  • 4:00 Rope Making 23  
  •   Building a Windsor Chair 4  
  •   Farm Tour 11  
  •   Getting Started with Chickens 18  
  •   Goat Care 14  
  •   Questions & Answers on Christian Community 35b  
  •   Horse Training 16  
  •   Collecting and Storing Water for the Small Homestead 3  
  • 4:30 Historic Buildings Tour 21  
  •   Goat Milking 14  
  •   Essential Oil Distilling 27  
  • 5:00 Cow Milking 14  
  •   Purifying Water Using Sustainable Methods 3  
  • 5:20 Sand Casting 31  
  • 7:00 Evening Music 13