tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69895376324157408652024-03-14T00:18:15.494-07:00What's Up at MotherhouseJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02666292342708088546noreply@blogger.comBlogger151125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989537632415740865.post-88227762809189134172016-09-23T19:28:00.001-07:002016-09-23T19:28:21.848-07:00Lasagna by Guest Author; Emma Okell<br clear="none" />
"The weather for Lasagna Day was pleasant and sunny,
perfect for a day making lasagna. We started by milking Betsy. Everyone
had a turn milking her or sponging away the flies that pestered her as Betsy chewed on her breakfast.<br />
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Afterward,
we harvested fresh vegetables from the garden to put into our sauce.
Along the way we looked at the bees, which make the honey we needed for
our pasta sauce. We had to be careful around them because the drought
has made it difficult for them to find enough nectar. At the same time,
they have to protect their nests from robber bees that will steal the
nectar they've collected. Because there was so little nectar, they are
producing little honey, so we did not collect any. It is humbling to
think how climate and weather changes impact cycles we take for granted.<br />
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After
collecting vegetables, we chopped them up to boil into sauce; collected eggs, ground
wheat into flour, and made pasta; crunched bread crumbs from stale bread to mix into our cheese layer. Other people shook jars of heavy cream until it turned
into butter. The butter was used to saute<span id="goog_1167717798"></span><span id="goog_1167717799"></span> veggies for our sauce and in making the garlic bread we had with our
lasagna and pot luck lunch.<br />
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After
lunch, we mixed parsley with curds of vinegar cheese made from the milk we had
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And finally, it was time for us to make our lasagnas. There was enough
for each family to make lasagnas to bring home with them.<br />
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were a few things we did not manage to fit into our lasagna day. We
enjoyed making lasagna so much that we ran out of time to make
mozzarella cheese! Debra sent us home with the <a href="https://www.cheesemaking.com/howtomakemozzarellacheese.html" target="_blank">printed recipe</a> from New England Cheese Making Supply, rennet, and citric acid so we could try it on our own. <br />
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Even without it, though, the lasagnas were
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Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989537632415740865.post-17585165465045409512016-03-04T18:14:00.002-08:002016-03-04T18:47:29.102-08:00Backyard Dairy Tips and Tricks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Cowshare and<b> <a href="http://www.realmilk.com/herdshares/share-agreements/" target="_blank">herdshare</a></b> agreements <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">are legal in CT since</span> June of 2015<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">. The bill as shown at the foot of this post,</span> enabl<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">e</span>s smal<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">l farmers an affordable way to share their animals' milk with members of their community.</span></span></span></span> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><a href="http://familycow.proboards.com/">http://familycow.proboards.com/</a></b> is a great on-line resource for both cows and goats. It has a <b>911</b> section where you can post emergency or panic questions any time of day and get immediate responses. The moderator strongly enforces helpful, congenial posting.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">...started</span> by Joanne Grohman, author of one of our favorite manuals<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> on</span> <b> <a href="http://www.chelseagreen.com/keeping-a-family-cow" target="_blank">Keeping a Family Cow.</a></b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">We saw and heard the amazingly quiet motor of an Ultimate Udderly EZ milking machine. More information about it can be found at <b><a href="http://udderlyez.com/">http://udderlyez.com/.</a></b> They also <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">sell</span> a hand-pumped machine. Other sources for portable milking machines are <b><a href="http://hoeggerfarmyard.com/" target="_blank">Hoegger Goat Supply Company</a></b> and <b><a href="http://bobwhitesystems.com/" target="_blank">Bobwhite Systems</a>. </b><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Bobwhite sells mini cooling tanks, too<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">, coming <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">in 14, 33, and 64 gallon sizes.</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989537632415740865.post-14549348042934486792015-11-14T18:55:00.000-08:002015-11-14T19:10:44.344-08:00SEW Crafty!SO, today at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TaghhannuckGrange" target="_blank">Taghhannuck Grange</a>,<br />
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...we sorted and picked,<br />
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...pinned and ironed,<br />
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...trimmed and sewed<br />
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...until<br />
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Home-grown hazelnuts and strawflowers adorn a twine-braid wreath made from bailing twine removed from bales of hay used to feed the Local Farm cows...<br />
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... at Motherhouse's annual Columbus Day FREE wreath-making workshop!<br /><br />
<br />Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989537632415740865.post-74204374408233548212015-09-19T13:41:00.000-07:002015-09-21T15:34:46.373-07:00We LACTO Pickle!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkrf5USE7sY-nofi1diVkDW3poJg4lSssNR46jlW-z_LtA0PbBohfo8_Tcm8TozwbbYav3wJ1Tb_xmyY9Pb6T0Fvlfk2QarWJ7Rq9qPdDOpvyayYxWBJWXzQoyg89BecOtDCW36GyTq28/s1600/DSCF8055.JPG" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXkrf5USE7sY-nofi1diVkDW3poJg4lSssNR46jlW-z_LtA0PbBohfo8_Tcm8TozwbbYav3wJ1Tb_xmyY9Pb6T0Fvlfk2QarWJ7Rq9qPdDOpvyayYxWBJWXzQoyg89BecOtDCW36GyTq28/s200/DSCF8055.JPG" width="200" /></a> Thanks to Tal Hadani-Pease for teaching us the WHEY of pickling with lactic acid bacteria! These mighty microbes are found everywhere in our environment and when given the right conditions, they will convert the sugars in fruits and vegetables to acid. This creates the sour taste of sauerkraut, kimchee, beet kavaas and other pickled delights. Not only does this process make food taste good, and become easier to digest, but it also preserves the food by making it inhospitable to disease causing organisms.<br />
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For sauerkraut, we chopped cabbage and used hand-made pounding sticks to bruise the cabbage and get its juices flowing.<br />
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We added mineral-rich <a href="http://www.celticseasalt.com/product/light-grey-celtic/" target="_blank">Celtic Sea Salt</a> and packed it tightly into jars, layer by layer.<br />
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Tal recommended using our shoulder and leaning into the pounding stick in order to press out every last bit of air.<br />
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Lactic-acid bacteria thrive in an anaerobic environment, whereas mold and undesirable microbes will grow in the air pockets. We packed the jars full leaving as little head space as possible.<br />
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Tal showed us how to fold a cabbage leaf to cover the new-kraut and keep it submerged under the salty juice*. We screwed the lids on tight to transport them home. At home, we'll leave them in a bowl to catch the overflowing juices as the mix ferments and cover them with a cloth to keep light from destroying the vitamins. As it ferments it will off gas so we need to either loosen the lid once a day to "burp" it or leave it loosened full-time. It can be left on the counter for about a week until it tastes like kraut then refrigerated indefinitely where it will slowly continue to ripen and the flavors deepen.<br />
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Next we started brined carrot pickles with dill and/or garlic. Tal uses a 5% brine or 3TBSP salt to 1 quart of water for all brined pickles. We cut carrot sticks of the same length, packed them into jars, covered them with brine and will let the microbes do the rest.<br />
When pickling cucumbers, Tal suggests discarding the blossom end, as it contains enzymes that digest the fruit and make it mushy... also adding grape and oak leaves will also help keep their crunch.<br />
IF they do turn mushy, strain off the juice, blend til smooth, spread on dehydrator trays and run at less than 115 degrees until crunchy and blend again for a tasty seasoning salt.<br />
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Tal recommends following the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/WildFermentation/" target="_blank">Wild Fermentation Facebook Page</a> and her <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/thadani/" target="_blank">Pinterest Feed: New Twist</a> Tal Hadani: Feed Me - Ferment. Contact her through her website: <a href="http://newtwistyarn.com/">NewTwistYarn.com</a> to purchase hand-made pounders or to arrange a private or party lesson.<br />
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*Other ways to keep your ferment below the brine include a 4 oz jar set inside a wide-mouthed quart with the lid screwed down, a slab of onion or a bamboo skewer fit inside the mouth and spanning the jar's shoulders, or a flat round river stone.<br />
For hot sauce: pack any mix of chopped hot and sweet peppers in a jar with 5% brine to cover, let set on counter for 3 months, then pulverize in a blender.<br />
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Any of these lacto-fermented pickles can be kick-started by adding microbe-rich whey from straining yogurt... We'll teach you how to make your own at our next <a href="http://motherhouse.us/caring-for-your-cow/oslss-keeping-a-family-cow-workshops/" target="_blank">Family Cow Workshop</a>!Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989537632415740865.post-83831879423126988882015-08-08T19:54:00.000-07:002015-09-21T20:00:23.113-07:00Canning Chili Today for a Chilly Tomorrow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Kelli Peet taught us how to use a pressure canner today as we "put-by" several pints of scrumptious chili using venison harvested by Kelli's husband and fresh veggies from <a href="http://www.ridgwayfarm.com/" target="_blank">Ridgway Family Farm</a>. Using a pressure canner is absolutely necessary for canning low acid foods including meat, beans, and most vegetables. We tripled the recipe from <a href="http://www.pickyourown.org/canning_chili_with_meat.htm">http://www.pickyourown.org/canning_chili_with_meat.htm</a> using the following:<br />
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*only 6 cups dried pinto beans - soaked over night then boiled 30 minutes in 11 cups of water. <br />
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PLUS *3# red onions plus *2# green and red peppers chopped and browned in a skillet with 3 Tbsp olive oil. After they were browned we added *10 pounds of Ron's ground venison and continued to brown it with the peppers and onions.<br />
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Using rubber gloves for handling the chili powder, we added *1 Tbsp black pepper, *1/2 cup chili powder, *4 Tbsp paprika, *1/3 cup ground cumin, and 2 Tbsp chopped fresh oregano.<br />
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Instead of using canned tomatoes, we used *10# fresh tomatoes that we chopped after peeling by dunking in boiling water to loosen the skins. And we added*1/3 cup apple cider vinegar instead of lemon or lime juice. <br />
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We set our clean, chip-free jars on a towel to fill.<br />
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Kelli's 1-cup measure ladle with pour spout made filling the jars easy.<br />
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She also had a canners' measuring stick so we could leave exactly 1 inch of head space in each jar.<br />
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Then we stacked the jars in the preheated canners...<br />
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Once they cooled enough to open safely, we used jar grabbers to unload the canners and set our jars to cool and seal. Summertime stored in a jar! Thank-you Kelli!<br />
<br />Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989537632415740865.post-63958385223391300222015-07-11T19:25:00.003-07:002015-07-11T19:25:38.818-07:00Jammin' with Little Green Apples<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Today we met at Taghhannuck Grange #100 in Sharon, CT for a Jam Session! For making all-natural pectin, Brent Prindle let us use his basket pole to pick green apples.<br />
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We took off their stems, cut them into quarters, and...<br />
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dumped them into a saucepan with just enough water to cover. While they cooked until soft on the stove...<br />
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Tal Hadani-Pease showed us how to make mixed-berry jam with honey and Pomona Universal Pectin.<br />
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We used Brent's magnetic tool rod to dunk the jar lids in hot water for 10 seconds....<br />
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... and then, tighten in place with the metal jar ring. <br />
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Once the apples were well cooked, Brent spooned them into a jellybag so the gelling pectin from the stems and peels would drain away from the mash. This is his natural pectin for adding to the fruit with lemon juice and mashed fruit to make jam.</div>
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Brent made a jam using rosehips, quince, and sugar. For six cups of berries and juice, he added 5 cups of sugar, saving out another cup to stir in, to speed it's cooking.<br />
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Using a large plastic measuring cup, Brent showed us how to fill the jars to 1/4 inch from the top...<br />
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...then we took turns putting a lid on it!Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989537632415740865.post-88311389906831673052015-05-10T11:18:00.000-07:002015-05-11T18:04:57.754-07:00Waising Wabbits WorkshopMeeting at Alden's Rabbitry, we learned how Alden and his dad raise rabbits as meat for their family and to sell as pets, breeding trios, or live for meat.<br />
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They use three different type bucks: New Zealand White, Satin, and Lop. First time does are usually bred to the New Zealand White because he predictably casts the biggest kindles and the fastest growing bunnies. However, for flavor and for delightfully soft hides, Alden prefers the Satins. .. especially prepared with his mom's <a href="http://homecooking.about.com/od/condimentrecipes/r/blsauce28.htm?utm_source=pinterest&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=shareurlbuttons_nip" target="_blank">creamy mustard sauce</a>.<br />
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We agreed that they are wonderful to cuddle.<br />
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Each cage has a removable tray for catching the droppings. Alden and his dad empty the trays directly onto their garden every week, then hose them clean. Rabbit manure is not "hot" and won't burn the plants. However their urine is extremely concentrated and will bleach your clothes if you spill it on them.<br />
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Keeping a breeding trio for one year will produce about 150# of rabbit meat for less than $2 a pound That's three litters of 8 bunnies/doe, dressed out at 3# each at 9 weeks of age.<br />
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Rabbits need hay every day and pelleted rabbit food. Blue Seal Feeds sells it for $16/50#. Tractor Supply sells organic pellets for $12.50/10 pounds. Jacqui Gueft at <a href="http://lightningtreefarmproducts.com/" target="_blank">/LightningTreeFarmProducts.com/</a> in Millbrook, NY bags organic rabbit feed and resells it almost at cost for $16/25 pounds. Call her at 845-677-9507 to have it delivered to <a href="http://rlocalfarm.com/" target="_blank">/RLocalFarm.com/</a> in Cornwall, CT if that's more convenient. You can feed them almost anything from your garden, but NO cabbage! Cabbage kills rabbits! Too many greens will give them the runs.<br />
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Rabbits don't tolerate heat or wind well. They also may not breed if they don't get enough light during the day. Put a doe in the buck's cage to breed and take her out as soon as he falls off or she'll likely tear him up. 33 days later she'll kindle. Put a nest box with steep sides and fresh hay into her pen approximately 26 days after her date with the buck. Right before she gives birth she'll pull hair from her chest/dewlap to make a soft nesting place in the hay in the nest box. Check in the box within three days to be sure there are no dead bunnies rotting in there. 9 weeks later you'll have rabbits ready to harvest.<br />
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Next, we went to Local Farm to harvest some rabbits we'd pre-purchased from Alden's Rabbitry. After a pot-luck lunch featuring Rabbit Pot-Pie, Margaret demonstrated and we learned to break the rabbits' necks using a broom handle to hold their heads in place. We were fortunate to find the killing went quickly and relatively humanely. We were also very thankful not to have set off the ear-piercing, heart-wrenching, nervous system vocal spasm that sometimes happens.<br />
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Under the guidance of Margaret and Kate, we skinned and gutted the carcasses. <br />
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Margaret told us about her experience tanning rabbit hides and we left ours with her with possible plans to return to help her with that. We washed, cooled and bagged our fresh <i>lapin</i> and went home with plans of how we'd prepare it after thoroughly chilling it for 4 to 12 hours.<br />
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Visit <a href="http://honest-food.net/2014/10/15/fried-rabbit-recipe/" target="_blank">Honest-Food.net fried-rabbit-recipe/</a> for how to cut up a rabbit and batter fry it. YUM!<br />
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<a href="http://www.campeureka.us/" target="_blank">Camp Eureka</a> staff are making aprons to sell to make money for this summer's camperships. Please consider making a donation to help us bring more kids to camp!<br />
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<br />Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989537632415740865.post-78333151123076453402015-03-14T21:00:00.000-07:002015-03-17T16:22:32.068-07:00Best BEEginnings Yet!Today's Old Style Life-Skills Series workshop BEEginning with Bees held at the <a href="http://www.ctstategrange.org/subgrangepage.asp?GrangeID=215" target="_blank">Taghhannuck Grange Hall</a> was BEEzy and inspiring!<br />
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Todd Shearer showed us his <a href="http://www.biobees.com/" target="_blank">top bar hive</a>...</div>
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Joe Benete demonstrated using a stethoscope attachment to listen for vibrations of living bees in the hive...</div>
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After a honey of a pot-luck lunch, we hand-dipped beeswax candles and made <a href="http://motherhousenews.blogspot.com/2012/03/bee-candy-and-bee-tea-recipes.html" target="_blank">a batch of Alton's bee-candy</a> for feeding the bees.</div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_9_1406723428687_53"> Making wreaths out of reused bailing twine is both challenging and rewarding.</span></div>
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Although I don't have written directions... here are some hints:<br />
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_9_1406723428687_53">*cut
twine at the knots as you feed out hay - this makes it easy to pull
individual pieces from a bundle and creates a nice starting place for
the braid</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_9_1406723428687_53">*count out three equal bundles of twine and wrap one piece of the bundled twine around the bunch just below the knots</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_9_1406723428687_53">*put
all three together and similarly, wrap them tightly together with one
piece, & tie so the end dangles inside the bundle.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_9_1406723428687_53">*bend a wire coat hanger in a circle with pliers and the hook down to make a ring for hanging up the finished wreath</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_9_1406723428687_53">*lay the bundled knots on the wire coat hanger circle, directly across from the hanging ring.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_9_1406723428687_53">*braid around the circle, incorporating the hanging ring when you come to it.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_9_1406723428687_53">*when you get all the way around, wrap one of the end pieces of twine around the bunch of knots and the other end pieces so they hang together.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_9_1406723428687_53">*I like to trim the hanging end pieces so they are the same length.</span></div>
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<span id="yui_3_16_0_9_1406723428687_53">*check the photos in <a href="http://motherhousenews.blogspot.com/search/label/Wreath%20Makinghttp://motherhousenews.blogspot.com/search/label/Wreath%20Making" target="_blank">these blog posts</a> for more ideas: </span></div>
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* you just have to fiddle with it until it looks right to you.</div>
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25 beekeeping enthusiasts BUZZED over to the <a href="http://www.ctstategrange.org/subgrangepage.asp?GrangeID=215" target="_blank">Taghhannuck Grange</a>
Hall to Motherhouse's first FREE-BEE honeybee BEE. BEEginner, experienced,
and wanna-BEE beekeepers shared their stuff!<br />
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Todd Shearer brought in and showed us a top
bar hive designed by the <a href="http://www.biobees.com/" target="_blank">Barefoot Beekeeper</a>, He chose this style BEEcause he could build it himself and the bees are usually calmer to work. His family is dedicated to working with nature to create a permiculture, bio- and educationally diverse yard... I call it "Shearer Heaven."<br />
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Wyatt Whiteman showed us his elegantly simple homemade solar wax cleaning
system. Using all recycled materials; wooden box with scrap lumber props, black plastic paint tray, food tray, hardware cloth, and window frame painted with leftover paint,<br />
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To make candles, he pours the wax from the food tray directly into a mold. He threads the mold with a long length of wicking, and winds it around the mold to keep it closed. When removing the candle, he pulls just enough wick through the mold to set it up for the next candle.<br />
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Joe Benete showed us the "tools of the the trade." Then a panel of
backyard beekeepers waxed enthusiastically about their experiences.<br />
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Fair-trade, organic coffee and chai tea made with local B&B honey and Thorncrest Dairy milk was generously provided by <a href="http://www.coffee-tea-etc.com/" target="_blank">Coffee, Tea, Etc</a>.<br />
To deter bears, panelists recommended Sonpal's Power Fence (860 491-2290) and/or keeping goats, and a cow, and many active children in the yard.<br />
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of a potluck lunch, local herbalist <a href="http://queenoftheforage.com/north-star-botanicals/" target="_blank">Alicia North of North Star Botanicals</a> , gave a BEEutiful presentation of foraging honeybees and BEEnificial plants.<br />
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<a href="http://motherhouse.us/bees-short-course/" target="_blank">Visit the Motherhouse website for a fellow beekeeper's poem about beekeeping and life. </a><br />
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We had our arms full as nearly 40 people RAMbled by the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TaghhannuckGrange" target="_blank"> Taghhannuck Grange Hall</a> for the EWEnique <a href="http://motherhouse.us/" target="_blank">Motherhouse</a> Old Style Life-Skills Series workshop; <i>WoolsWorth.</i><br />
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Joe Benete brought 4 young lambs for us to meet. He feeds the smallest with a nipple pail.</div>
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Dody and her pet sheep, Rose, taught crocheting.<br />
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Young Darwin taught finger weaving...<br />
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...so well that we all could do it.</div>
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Tal of <a href="http://www.newtwistyarn.com/" target="_blank">New Twist</a> showed us how to use a drum carder to comb the wool fibers in one direction to make for easy spinning...<br />
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...and then how to use a wooden spindle to spin the fibers into yarn.<br />
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Vera let us take a spin at her wheel... and showed us some of her naturally dyed homespun yarn. With alum as her mordant, these three colors are from goldenrod blossoms, black walnut husks, and spruce cones.<br />
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Dr Hayden stopped by to visit his former patient.<br />
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With Rachel's guidance, some of us put a new spin on old CDs...<br />
...and used them to make our own spindles.<br />
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...and Margaret provided <i>the icing on the cake</i> for our pot-luck lunch.<br />
All in all, it was a WOOLy good shEWE!!! <br />
To learn about raising your own sheep and goats, come to our OSLSS workshop <a href="http://motherhouse.us/oslss-get-your-goat-sheep/" target="_blank">Get Your Goat and Sheep</a> on May 10.<br />
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Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989537632415740865.post-36743112512983982642014-02-08T20:35:00.002-08:002014-02-10T07:15:38.296-08:00A SUDSational WorkshopWe met at the <a href="http://www.ctstategrange.org/subgrangepage.asp?GrangeID=215" target="_blank">Taghhannuck Grange</a> hall for an evening of fun and lather...<br />
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Sharon Laughlin of <i>Made for You</i> soaps started off the evening by demonstrating how to use the cold water lye process to make Gardeners' Soap with a natural degreaser... coffee! She makes a batch of coffee and freezes it in ice cube trays. Wearing rubber gloves, a surgical face mask, and full plexiglass face shield, she sprinkles the correctly measured lye over the ice in a heavy duty plastic pitcher. The lye melts the ice and the resulting mix is around 100 degrees. Sharon lets it cool as she warms her oils. <br />
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When oils and the coffe-lye mix are both between 80 and 98 degrees she
mixes the coffee-lye into the oils and blends with two(!!) hand held
blenders...<br />
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...until the mixture thickens and begins to "trace." Then, she stirs in ground coffee beans and pours the whole mixture into molds.<br />
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She has beautiful hand-made molds of Corian scraps leftover from her husband's kitchen business. The ends pull out so she can easily push the soap out after it hardens. To prepare the molds, she slathers them with mineral oil, lines them with parchment paper, and oils the paper.<br />
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Once the mold is full, she covers the soap and wraps it up in a blanket to keep warm as the lye and oils interact or saponify.<br />
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In about two days the soap will be ready to slice. Again, Sharon shows her clever use of Corian scraps with her own home designed soap slicer. Once sliced, she'll label the soap with the date and recipe and lay it on racks to cure for 6 weeks. She uses ph paper to check for when it is fully cured and safe to use... around ph7.<br />
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Then I talked about making milk soap and using lard instead of vegetable oil. You can <a href="http://motherhousenews.blogspot.com/2013/01/soap-making-slippery-slope.html" target="_blank">see last year's post</a> for information about that.<br />
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Next, Alicia North of <a href="http://queenoftheforage.com/north-star-botanicals/" target="_blank">North Star Botanicals</a> showed us how to use melt-and-pour glycerin soap base to make "Earth and Ocean Lemon Grass Soap."<br />
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First she used a knife with a big blade to cut the block into cubes and put them in Pyrex measuring cups.<br />
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Alicia added castor, jojoba and avocado oils to the hot liquid base. After the mix cooled slightly, she stirred in ground calendula blossoms for a golden
color that won't spoil or turn brown and skin healing
properties, kelp powder for additional minerals, and essential oil of lemon grass for the lovely scent
as well as its antimicrobial/antibacterial action. Alicia warned us to be cautious with
lemongrass on delicate tissue! We then poured the mix into molds...<br />
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To get them out of the molds, Alicia puts them face down on a cutting board and (VERY) firmly presses from outer edges toward center of each mold until the soap releases.<br />
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Finally, for a soothing wash for poison ivy sufferers, we stirred a decoction of jewelweed into another batch of melted base. I harvested the plant late last summer and simmered it in water for about 20 minutes, strained out the plant matter, and froze the brew. We added about 1/4 cup to a pound of soap base.<br />
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<br />Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989537632415740865.post-47015988048144154232013-08-20T19:38:00.000-07:002013-10-04T19:44:18.816-07:00Farm Camp EUREKA!!!!The 2013 session of Camp Eureka was our best yet! We visited 5 different Cornwall farms and explored the source of bread, butter and yogurt; honey and granola; fruit and honey peach jam; wool, fiber, and woven belts; healing herbs, soothing salves and <i>scents</i>ational sachets. After carving wooden spoons under the direction of Lost Arts officiando Joe Brien, our week culminated with an overnight in the Local Farm barn. Peruse our scrapbook to catch some of the wonder of a wonderful week...
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One score and five people gathered at Local Farm today to consider various aspects of homeschooling. Starting off with a panel discussion moderated by 18 year-old homeschooled Margaret Hopkins, panelists Vicki Harkness, Bianca Fiore LaPorta, Alicia North, Deirdre Fischer and Debra Tyler spoke of: the "type" of homeschooling they practiced; their greatest challenges as homeschooling parents; and how they answered the commonly asked question, 'What about socialization?' This was followed by a 12 minute brainstorming session of places to go and things to do as homeschooling families. Former principal of Cornwall Consolidated School, Kathleen Fitzgibbons, next spoke of how she reached out to homeschooling families during her principalship. She enthusiastically encouraged us all to be true to ourselves. She also shared a personal antidote about meeting children's author and Newbery Award winner, Elizabeth Yates.<br />
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After a fabulous pot-luck lunch, Debra showed examples of home-made books as homeschooling helps and we collaboratively elaborated & illustrated a simple book based on our brainstormed list:</div>
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<b>Places to Go, Things to Do...</b></div>
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Go to Asia, Africa, South America; TRAVEL; Thompson Finch Farm; Sturbridge Village; Peabody Museum; Local Farm; Warner Theater; Ellsworth Farm; Edwards, CA; home; water; Sloane-Stanley & Mineral and Mining Museum; Norman Rockwell Museum; volunteer; Audubon; 4-H; The Met; New York City; USS Intrepid; grandparents; Waldorf May Day; city camp; Hancock Shaker Village; Danbury Rail; Kent Falls; library, Post Office; bank; playground; beach; berry picking; farm market; grocery store; firehouse; local schools; Popple Swamp Road salamander migration; White Memorial; Mass MOCA; Kent Coffee and Chocolate; hiking; skiing; snowboarding; kayaking; canoe; tractor pulls; herb walks; foraging; Catamount; Motherhouse events; grow own food; anywhere/anything to do with food; backyards; apprenticeships; gardens; Grange events; Geer; build a jet fighter; concerts; round sings; make music; contra dances; Tanglewood; Jacob's Pillow; Oswego, NY; Cooperstown, NY; road trips; debate teams; Park & Rec; National/State Parks; Community Centers; Little Guild; animal shelters; tree-houses; blanket forts; sewing; make a corset; shoe-making; masonry; build a stone wall; swimming; homeschool fairs;<br />
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On June 21, a few <i>heart</i>-y souls gathered between rain showers at Local Farm<br />
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Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989537632415740865.post-39257199316596705882013-06-15T17:23:00.000-07:002013-08-29T19:28:00.623-07:00Milkin it for all it's WorthThanks to Emily Boutein for these Bovine photos of our June 15th Family Cow workshop!<br />
We tried our hand at milking a Local Farm jersey cow named Pumpkin...<br />
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First we brushed her to get rid of loose hair and dirt so it wouldn't fall in the milk and to help us all relax. A relaxed and happy cow will give MOOre milk!<br />
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We learned where to rest our head so we can keep a cow from kicking the bucket.<br />
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In anticipation of getting her own cow, Lynn is VERY MOOtivated!</div>
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Milk comes from the cow at about 100 degrees... the perfect temperature for making yogurt. Simply mix a little starter from a previous batch into the warm milk, pour into jars and keep warm for 6-10 hours. We set our jars in a cooler filled with warm water.<br />
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The cream rises to the top of whole raw milk that has set over night. One can lower a ladle into the cream and let it slip over the lip of the ladle filling its bowl. Pour the cream into a jar and shake it up.<br />
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Vigorously shaking the cream disturbs the surface tension of individual fat globules and join together to make...<br />
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We learned that only raw milk will make simple "magic" cheese. Heat the milk until tiny bubbles form around the edges of the pan and stir in vinegar until the mix "magically" separates into curds and whey. Strain away the whey...<br />
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and CHEESE!, There you have it!</div>
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Top off a MOOrvalous day with creme de la creme: hand-cranked ice-cream!<br />
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It was a sparkling day for a stroll around the Local Farm barnyard with local herbalist,<a href="http://queenoftheforage.com/north-star-botanicals/" target="_blank"> Alicia North of Northstar Botanicals</a>. As we crossed the lawn, heading toward a patch of nettles, Alicia pointed out plantain; one of the primary healing "weeds" that we'd harvest for our salve. Later, in the pasture, we'd find two varieties of plantain;<br />
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Common Broad-leafed Plantain or "White Man's Foot" has followed European colonization throughout the world. It is slightly astringent and stimulates healing of skin wounds, The juice is said to soothe bee-stings, bug bites and nettle burn. Debra remembers her young son's playmates chewing up the leaves and applying the mash to cool and soothe bee-stings.<br />
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The primitive Ribwort or Lancelate Plantain has long, narrow, ribbed leaves harkening to prehistoric times and has properties very similar to Broad Leafed Plantain. We collected leaves from both.<br />
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At the nettle patch, Alicia spoke of Stinging Nettles as a blood-building herb, a fiber plant, and a delicious health-filled spring green once it has been cooked and lost its sting. The stinging nettle hairs contain formic acid and flogging oneself with the plant increases blood circulation. This practice is said to be useful in decreasing arthritic inflammation. <br />
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Asked about plants historically used to help with digestive complaints, Alicia suggested Catnip which is also mildly stimulating. She suggested bruising the fresh leaves in cold water as a good summer drink.<br />
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We next harvested Chickweed to supplement our salad as well as an addition to the salve for its cooling, inflammation reducing qualities.<br />
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To make the salve we steeped chopped or broken up herbs in warm olive oil for an hour. We put our pan of oil and herbs into a second pan of hot water - being careful not to cook the herbs.<br />
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Charcoal capsules to take in case of food poisoning. And much more!<br />
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After a delicious pot-luck lunch including salad supplemented with red clover blossom, chickweed, and sorrel; sauteed nettles; and steamed lambs quarters, we strained the herbs out of the oil, added beeswax, and poured the warm mixture into small containers to cool and take home.Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989537632415740865.post-6975336598590072052013-05-11T21:11:00.000-07:002013-05-28T14:11:14.384-07:00Wool's Worth Our hostess, Rhonda Jaacks introduced us to her flock of Finn Sheep, at her Harlequin Farm in Limerock, CT. Finns are rapidly growing in popularity because of their hardiness and tendency to throw healthy twins, triplets, and quadruplets. For sheep, they make plenty of milk so their offspring grow rapidly, producing a lot of meat. Their fiber is long and very soft making it ideal for spinning. Because Rhonda handles her lambs frequently, they are all very friendly. She showed us how to pick them up and hold them, scooping one arm under their back end and reaching around their neck just above their front legs. Rhonda's twin daughters Gabby and Sarah were also on hand to show us how.<br />
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We saw several shed arrangements for housing sheep including some built with "prefab" frames of metal tubing with plywood siding. The shed in the next photo has an electric light at the back so Rhonda can leave the light on all night when her ewes are due to lamb and can easily check on them from her kitchen window.<br />
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We saw several different types of fencing. Rhonda prefers "pagewire" fencing with an electric fence wire running along the top and near the bottom of of the woven wire fencing. She sells her sheep for $3-400 a piece. Other take-home highlights, included the name of Harvest Moon timber-framer Jim Davenport of Morris, CT and our own drop spindles.</div>
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On May 4, 2013, 40 + individuals gathered at Local Farm to celebrate Motherhouse's tenth year as a non-profit. We made ice cream, watched the red tent wave in the wind, shared in a pot-luck feast, visited the animals, swapped baby clothes and household goods, looked through our scrapbooks, honored our past, and envisioned our future.<br />
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Have you fed your sourdough this week? To keep your dough multiplying, feed it regularly: 1 cup water+2 cups flour to 1 cup starter. At the Motherhouse Old Style Life-Skills workshop <i>Serious Dough</i>, we made basic yeast bread, Irish soda bread, and sourdough pretzels.<br />
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Watch our slide show to see us grinding wheat into flour, mixing & kneading bread dough, buttering loaf pans, forming loaves, learning about sourdough, shaping pretzels, doing cat's cradle, feasting... and then admire the loaf we finished baking at home.<br />
Thanks to Amy Jean and Tal for theses great photos.<br />
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room entrance. There we </span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">gathered round the fireplace for a "Hearth Kindling"
ceremony. Sister Carol Bernice had fresh fair-trade organic coffee, tea, breads and spreads
available for munching. Forming a circle for a
women's seed ritual we blessed seed peas and offered hopes for the women of the future. Then we sorted, innoculated and planted peas in
Bluestone Farm's Biodynamic garden beds.<br /><br />After a fabulous pot-luck lunch, Sr Helena Marie led us in a
drumming circle. Passing a seed-filled womb-shaped gourd, Sr Carol Bernice started us sharing our own "seed" stories in The Way of The
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for our Women's Wisdom; Sacred Agriculture gathering on March 16.<br />
A very special THANKS to the men behind-the-scenes; Bill, Jodi, Matthew, Scot, and Kevin who have given so generously of their time and talents for this women's-only day. Our next will be open to all!Debrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06702352604195481335noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6989537632415740865.post-84959652677320870772013-03-13T18:18:00.000-07:002013-03-16T18:10:06.755-07:00An Udder Motherhouse Connection<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Looking forward to our March 16, 2013 Women's Wisdom; Sacred Agriculture celebration of Farming and the Feminine, I can't help marveling at the way this is unfolding... Several years ago, Phil and Tom became regulars at our Old Style Life-Skills Series workshops<br />
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They recognized that many of the skills we teach will be an essential
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and invited me, as Motherhouse director, to bring a modified version of our Family Cow workshop to a Peak-Oil symposium in NYC.<br />
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There, in the audience was Sister Carol Bernice of the Episcopal Community of the Holy Spirit in Brewster NY. The Sisters were just beginning to convert the grounds of the Melrose School into farm and gardens with hopes of modeling sustainable agriculture as a Center of Living Arts.<br />
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Sister Carol Bernice was dreaming of having cows in their vision and cherished the words of W.D. Hoard; <i>The cow is the foster mother of the human race. </i>After 6 years of research and planning and pleading, she and Sister Emmanuel attended our 2012 Family Cow Forum. We introduced them to Stonewall Dairy's Jiffy and soon after...<br />
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the emerging Bluestone Farm and Living Arts Center had their first cow. Through this connection, I was invited to participate in NYC Episcopal Bishop Mark Sisk's Round Table Discussion on <i>Farming Food and Faith</i>. Sisters Helena Marie and Catherine Grace offered transportation and hospitality at their city convent (or motherhouse).<br />
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There we hatched a plan for a follow-up gathering celebrating <i>Farming, Food, Faith, and <b>the Feminine</b>! </i>It's almost time!<br />
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