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CSA Day
Saturday, March 12th 2011, 10 am - 2 pm
Meet in the greenhouse - a great time of year to think about fresh farm food! We'll discuss how our CSA program works, what kinds of stuff we grow, and what is different about the Midsummer Farm CSA from other CSAs. We'll go over all our different CSA options and take reservations for our CSA program. Snacks will be served! Free.
Backyard Organic Poultry Rearing Workshop
Sunday, March 13th, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
For anyone who has dreamed of walking out to your own chicken coop and collecting fresh eggs for breakfast, this course will guide you through starting up your own flock and in organic and natural rearing methods. We will discuss all of our secrets to Organic chicken care that we have discovered over the years. Chickens are wonderful stewards of the earth; and kept in proper conditions, chickens are valuable assets to the garden, lawn, and compost pile. They also provide backyard joy. They are easy to take care of, are not noisy or smelly, and are an important part of the Organic garden. This is the optimal time of year to bring chicks home. And we may also have chicks and/or young birds available for sale at the end of the workshop. (Please be sure to check with your town to make sure that chickens are allowed where you live.) Workshop takes place mostly outside (dress appropriately - wear boots) and is weather permitting. Cost is $36 | Registration closes 3/11/11
Composting as an Art
Saturday, March 19th 2011, 10 am - 12 noon
How to develop a garden soil that is teaming with life forces. At Midsummer Farm, we consider our compost to be the center of our farm's success. Our soil health plan is approached as an art from. We'll go through the grace and the science of composting, as well as Biodynamic Compost Preparations, compost teas, foliar nutrient sprays, inoculants, and fertilizing in general. Cost is $36 | Registration closes 3/17/11.
 Gardening For Good Bugs Workshop
Saturday, March 19th 2011, 1 - 3 pm This is one of our passions! We love bugs. The focus of this workshop is to garden for your good bugs, provide them what they need (and maybe a little extra), and regain balance in your garden to prevent the bad bugs from damaging your harvest. We will get into native pollinators, honey bees, butterflies, predatory bugs and mites, etc. Cost is $36 | registration closes 3/17/11.
Free Lecture! Take Your Health Up a Notch!
Sunday, March 20th 2011, 10 am - 12 noon This is structured like a group health coaching session. Tons of ways to inspire better health. Take some time for yourself in a Spring celebration! Takes place in the sun-warm greenhouse at Midsummer Farm! Free | Registration closes 3/17/11.
Plotting Out Your Home Organic Garden
Friday, March 25th 2011, 1 - 3pm
With a strong emphasis on Bio-Intensive Methods. This is an interactive workshop - bring you garden plans and seed catalogs. We'll create a garden plan for you to grow your favorite veggies in less space for a longer season! We'll discuss starting a new garden bed, boosting the efficiency of an old garden and so much more...Cost is $36 | registration closes 3/23/11.
Making Homemade Dog & Cat Food Workshop
Sunday, March 27th , 10 am - 12 noon
Featured in the NY Times! Check out the article here!
Healthier, Economical, Delicious. Either as a supplementary meal or as your pets' regular diet, homemade food is better, safer, and easy to make. We will mix up a batch of balanced food using raw chicken as a base. We'll go over tons of options in food bases - raw vs cooked, various nutritional additions, dogs vs cats, special needs pets, and discuss the wide range of commercial diets and brands. You'll take home recipes, a clearer knowledge of the commercial pet food available, and resources for suppliers. We'll also make up a wonderful whole foods supplement that you can add to a commercial diet using higher quality ingredients and for a lot less money than the fancy brand names. Even if you're not ready to switch over completely to a homemade diet, you'll get a lot from this workshop. In the Farm Kitchen. Cost is $36 | Registration closes 3/24/11
Cooking Eggs - Midsummer Farm's Best Egg Recipes and Methods
Saturday, April 9th 2011, 9 am - 11 am
Includes breakfast in the sunny greenhouse!
Everything from simple tips like how to tell the freshness of an egg, or how to hard-boil a freshly laid egg, to building our favorite egg recipes like Nicoise Salad, Luscious Acadian Style Scrambled Eggs, a variety of Frittatas and Omelets using seasonal ingredients, Shirred Eggs with Spring Greens, and more! Participants will also receive a copy of our new Midsummer Farm Egg Recipe Book. Cost is $36 | Registration closes 4/7/11.
Backyard Organic Poultry Rearing Workshop
Saturday, April 9th, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
For anyone who has dreamed of walking out to your own chicken coop and collecting fresh eggs for breakfast, this course will guide you through starting up your own flock and in organic and natural rearing methods. We will discuss all of our secrets to Organic chicken care that we have discovered over the years. Chickens are wonderful stewards of the earth; and kept in proper conditions, chickens are valuable assets to the garden, lawn, and compost pile. They also provide backyard joy. They are easy to take care of, are not noisy or smelly, and are an important part of the Organic garden. This is the optimal time of year to bring chicks home. And we may also have chicks and/or young birds available for sale at the end of the workshop. (Please be sure to check with your town to make sure that chickens are allowed where you live.) Workshop takes place mostly outside (dress appropriately - wear boots) and is weather permitting. Cost is $36 | registration closes 4/7/11
Micro Farming Open Discussion
Sunday, April 10th 2011, 11 am - about 1 pm
This will be a gathering of like minded people wanting to either enhance the quality and artisanal productiveness of their own backyard, or people wanting to start a small business farming sustainably. Snacks will be served; Farm Tour. Free | But Please RSVP!
Farm Tour Day
Saturday, April 16th 2011, meet on the hour 10 am - 2 pm
We'll walk the farm - and you can see our growing methods, talk about how permaculture works on our farm, pet the animals, taste and smell the herbs, and experience what makes this a sustainable farm. Kids can even harvest their own eggs! Tour includes the veggie garden plots, greenhouse, compost, poultry breeding facilities, rabbitry, and the greenhouse. $10 per person, $5 for children.
Themed Container Garden Workshop Sunday, April 17th 2011, 11 am - 1pm Whether you only have a small patio to work with or acres of growing fields, themed container gardens are so useful and alluring. We'll go through the basics of setting them up, and discuss some creative themes like container garden for: flavored-waters, various salad options, pesto, bean salad, dark leafy greens, evening tea, salsa, mini-moon, etc. Bring ideas with you, we'll go over what you need and how to organize the plants for top efficiency and health. Cost is $36 | registration closes 4/15/11
 Cooking Eggs - Midsummer Farm's Best Egg Recipes and Methods
Sunday, May 1st 2011, 9 am - 11 am
Includes breakfast in the sunny greenhouse!
Everything from simple tips like how to tell the freshness of an egg, or how to hard-boil a freshly laid egg, to building our favorite egg recipes like Nicoise Salad, Luscious Acadian Style Scrambled Eggs, a variety of Frittatas and Omelets using seasonal ingredients, Shirred Eggs with Spring Greens, and more! Participants will also receive a copy of our new Midsummer Farm Egg Recipe Book. Cost is $36 | Registration closes 4/29/11.
Backyard Organic Poultry Rearing Workshop
Sunday, May 1st 2011, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
For anyone who has dreamed of walking out to your own chicken coop and collecting fresh eggs for breakfast, this course will guide you through starting up your own flock and in organic and natural rearing methods. We will discuss all of our secrets to Organic chicken care that we have discovered over the years. Chickens are wonderful stewards of the earth; and kept in proper conditions, chickens are valuable assets to the garden, lawn, and compost pile. They also provide backyard joy. They are easy to take care of, are not noisy or smelly, and are an important part of the Organic garden. This is the optimal time of year to bring chicks home. And we may also have chicks and/or young birds available for sale at the end of the workshop. (Please be sure to check with your town to make sure that chickens are allowed where you live.) Workshop takes place mostly outside (dress appropriately - wear boots) and is weather permitting. Cost is $36 | registration closes 4/29/11
Open Farm Day to Celebrate Healthy Living!
Sunday, June 5th 2011, times to be announced Children's gardening activities as well as discussions and interactive activities and cooking demos all centered on celebrating health and revitalizing energy! Free | Please RSVP by 6/1/11 so we can plan!
Cooking Eggs - Midsummer Farm's Best Egg Recipes and Methods
Sunday, June 12th 2011, 9 am - 11 am
Includes breakfast in the sunny greenhouse!
Everything from simple tips like how to tell the freshness of an egg, or how to hard-boil a freshly laid egg, to building our favorite egg recipes like Nicoise Salad, Luscious Acadian Style Scrambled Eggs, a variety of Frittatas and Omelets using seasonal ingredients, Shirred Eggs with Spring Greens, and more! Participants will also receive a copy of our new Midsummer Farm Egg Recipe Book. Cost is $36 | Registration closes 6/9/11.
Backyard Organic Poultry Rearing Workshop
Sunday, June 12th 2011, 11:30 am - 1:30 pm
For anyone who has dreamed of walking out to your own chicken coop and collecting fresh eggs for breakfast, this course will guide you through starting up your own flock and in organic and natural rearing methods. We will discuss all of our secrets to Organic chicken care that we have discovered over the years. Chickens are wonderful stewards of the earth; and kept in proper conditions, chickens are valuable assets to the garden, lawn, and compost pile. They also provide backyard joy. They are easy to take care of, are not noisy or smelly, and are an important part of the Organic garden. This is the optimal time of year to bring chicks home. And we may also have chicks and/or young birds available for sale at the end of the workshop. (Please be sure to check with your town to make sure that chickens are allowed where you live.) Workshop takes place mostly outside (dress appropriately - wear boots) and is weather permitting. Cost is $36 | registration closes 6/9/11
Legumes! Cooking with Beans Workshop
Friday, June 17th 2011, 11 am - 1pm
Beans are one of those things that can make a huge difference in your health and well-being just by adding them to your weekly eating plan. And we'll go over a bunch of different ways to integrate them into your every day life easily. This workshop will lead to better overall health. Beans have been missing from the typical American diet and people have strange opinions of them, but they are delicious, easy to digest when prepared properly, and nourishing on many, many levels. We'll do a selection of fabulous bean dips, nourishing bean soups, refreshing bean salads (great for packing for work or school lunches), minestrone, and a variety of other recipes, as well as bean spouting. Workshop is hands on and tasting is encouraged - it takes place in the kitchen at Midsummer Farm | Cost is $36 | Registration closes 6/14/11.
Crafting Herbal-Infused Salves, Ointments, and Lip Balms
Friday, June 24th 2011, 10 am - 12 noon
With a focus on organic, fair-trade, medicinal herbs and spices, we'll construct a variety of healing and soothing salves and lip balms. We'll also discuss different types of healing herbs, what they can do for us, and where to get them. You'll never want to be without a jar of Anti-itch salve made with white willow bark and plantain or Dry-skin healing Calendula salve made with self heal and chickweed once you see how fun they are to make and how effectively they work. Workshop takes place in the farm kitchen | Cost is $36 | registration closes 6/22/11
Pestos and Salsas Workshop
Friday, July 8th 2011, 11 am - 1 pm
Creating Pesto and Salsa Verde is truly an art in the artisanal kitchen. And although we'll do a great traditional Basil pesto, we also have a whole range of absolutely wonderful and creative mixtures using arugula, parsley, cilantro, lovage, chervil, dandelion, unusual heirloom Italian chicories, and more. All the Pestos and Salsa Verdes we will be making will also be fully balanced using nuts and seeds and can be thought of as the main course as well as the appetizers. Workshop is hands on and tasting is encouraged | Cost is $36 | registration closes 7/5/11
Too Many Zucchini! Workshop
Saturday, July 9th 2011, 11 am - 1 pm
By popular request - I'm doing a workshop on what to do with all your summer squash. I also used to feel overwhelmed and even bored by summer squash, but now I can't wait to get my hands on as many as possible! I have a wide range of truly delicious recipes that I am thrilled to share with you so you too can fully enjoy all those zucchini you're pulling out of your garden this time of year! As with my other cooking workshops, you'll take home a variety of recipes and building outlines for creatively designing your own meals. Workshop is hands on and tasting is encouraged | $36.00 | registration closes 7/6/11
Processing Meat from Your Own Poultry
July 16th 2011, 9:30 am to 12 noon
Workshop takes place at Two Pond Farm in West Milford, NJ and is taught by Allison and Randy Hosford.
This workshop focuses on how to humanely and properly process your own poultry for meat. There are two ways to participate: Hands-On: limited number of spaces available. You will slaughter and butcher 2 humanely and pasture-raised birds from Two Pond Farm with the option to take home your freshly dressed birds at $2.80 per pound! Or you can take it as an Observer-Only. (You can still purchase humanely and pasture-raised meat from Two Pond Farm.) Two Pond Farm is located at 176 Weaver Road, West Milford, NJ 07480. There is a 'Fresh Eggs' sign at the end of the driveway. Please dress appropriately, this is a messy process. Wear something over your hair as the feathers will be flying. Cost is $36 | Registration closes July 12th 2011.
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Workshops at Midsummer Farm: Classes are taught from a strictly Holistic and Organic standpoint. Class size is kept small to ensure individual attention. Fees include all materials and supplies needed. Children are welcome; children under 5 are free. If more than one person from a single household is taking the workshop together, the second person may deduct $5 from the cost of the workshop. Many classes take place outside in the gardens and are weather-permitting. Participants must register in advance. Cooking classes are hands-on and tasting is encouraged. NOTE: times and dates of workshops are subject to change.
You can register for workshops and events by emailing us or by filling out our registration form, which you can download here!
If you haven't been to our farm yet, we're located at 156 East Ridge Road, Warwick, NY 10990. And welcome!
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