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| Join us on Saturday October 18, 2008 for our Annual Fall Open Farm Day 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. If you have always wanted to visit a farm - or if you grew up on a farm- or used to visit relatives on their farm - and wish to re-experience that special feeling of being "in the country" or around "real" animals - like horses, sheep, miniature donkeys, chickens and farm dogs - then you are invited to visit us during our Open Farm Day. We do not charge you to park your car, or walk through the gate - Admittance is free! Your children may tour the farm with our children and see what it's like to live on a real working farm . Be sure to dress appropriately for the weather. Please do not bring your pets -- we have our own crew here and ask that visitors not bring their dog(s) to the farm today! For more information please email or phone 989/832-4908. Our address: 3826 N. Eastman Rd. Midland, Michigan 48642 . |
| Visit during our Open Farm Day for a fun-filled family outing (that won't "nickle and dime" you) and a chance to do some pre-holiday shopping. There will be many unique gift items in our shop -(it's not too early to start Christmas shopping) - including dried lavender bundles from this year's harvest, lavender soaps, lotions, culinary lavender items, wool for spinning, felting, knitting and weaving, one-of-a-kind handmade Icelandic horn buttons, Felted hats, mittenws & purses, books and even some antiques! We sheared the flock on October 6th, so luscious raw fresh Icelandic fleeces will be available for spinners & felters to choose their own fleece. |
| A growing focus for our farm events is Locally Grown foods. Come and meet some Midland area farmers who grow pork, beef, chicken and eggs...and of course, we offer prime Icelandic lamb by the 1/2 or whole (availability is limited, so do order early). Find out who you can purchase safe, humanely farmed locally grown meat from. Our farmers will be fixing samples on the grill and taking orders. You may also be able to purchase frozen pork, chicken or beef by the package that day (be sure to bring a cooler!). |
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| For the Fall Farm Day we will be once again joined by artist Jan Wiley of Vintage Window Art. Jan makes absolutely gorgeous "window art" and often incorporates dried lavender bundles into her designs. Jan will be demonstrating her unique art here at the farm and will have beautiful finished windows for sale. |
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| We are very excited to have Mel and Sparky Mieske join us with their Caprine Classic Farm-Fresh Goat Milk Products produced just a few miles from our farm. Mel & Sparky Mieske have been milking goats and making goat milk products for years and they have agreed to be with us this year for our October farm event. Be ready to taste and purchase the best goat cheese ever, and know it's locally grown, which is even better!! |
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| Ragnar Alfordson will be back with us this fall with his authentic Viking re-enactment camp. Ragnar is a wonderful historian and has awesome antique medieval tools, etc. to share and teach with. We are very excited that Ragnar will be joining us again. Visit the following websites to learn more about Dark Ages Living History. http://www.profiles.yahoo.com/viking_warlord2000 http://www.dalha.org |
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| Mr. Bee's Honeybee Services will be here for the first time, offering local (Midland county) honey for sale, beeswax candles and lots of information about raising honeybees. Mr. Bee's offers Pollination Services, so get on the waiting list for a hive or two for your own garden or farm next spring. We had a hive from Mr. Bee's this summer and got more fruit from our apple trees than we have in 9 years. |