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 take place in the farm kitchen or in the greenhouse and are hands-on; tasting is encouraged. NOTE: times and dates of workshops are subject to change.
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Winter / Spring 2012 Workshop and Events at Midsummer Farm
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You can register for a workshop by simply clicking here:
Please download and print out the form, fill it out, and send it, with your check to:
Midsummer Farm, 156 East Ridge Road, Warwick, NY 10990
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Current Workshop Schedule:
Sunday, February 5th 2012, 10 am – 12 noon
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 plan for chickens for the Spring. (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 2/2/12
Sunday, February 19th 2012, 11 am – 1 pm
So effective - especially for dry winter skin!
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 2/16/12
Saturday, February 25th, 2012, 1 pm – 3 pm
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 2/22/12.
Saturday, March 3rd 2012, 10 am – 12 noon
Dark Leafy Greens - The #1 Missing Ingredient in Today's Diets! We will demonstrate a wide range of ways to use dark leafy greens of all types. You will leave feeling empowered to live more healthily with a solid collection of great recipes. Workshop is hands on and tasting is encouraged. In the farm kitchen. Cost is $36 | Registration closes 2/29/12
Saturday, March 3rd 2012, 1 pm – 3 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 plan for chickens for the Spring. (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 2/29/12
Saturday, March 10th 2012, 10 – 12 noon
We’ll be making dough and fillings for a variety of what I generally call ”Pocket Pastry”. We’ll make Jamaican Beef Patties with bright yellow tumeric dough, several different Empanadas from various nationalities, and a Spinach/Paprika Calzone. Workshop takes place in the farm kitchen | Cost is $36 | registration closes 3/7/12
Sunday, March 11th 2012, 10 – 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. Workshop takes place in the farm kitchen | Cost is $36 | Registration closes 3/8/12
Sunday, March 11th, 2012, 1 pm – 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 3/8/12
Saturday, March 24th 2012, 10 – 12 noon
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), and a variety of other recipes. Workshop takes place in the farm kitchen | Cost is $36 | Registration closes 3/21/12
Saturday, March 24th, 2012, 1 pm – 3 pm
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 3/21/12.
Sunday, March 25th 2012 10 am - 12 noon
Includes breakfast in the sunny greenhouse!
Everything from simple tips like how to tell the freshness of an egg, or how to clarify a broth, to building our favorite egg recipes like Luscious Acadian Style Scrambled Eggs, Smoked Salmon Fettucine, a variety of Frittatas and Omelets using seasonal ingredients, Shirred Eggs with Spring greens, and more! Cost is $36 | Registration closes 3/22/12
Sunday, March 25th 2012, 1 pm – 3 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 plan for chickens for the Spring. (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 3/22/12
Sunday, April 1st 2012, 11 am – 2 pm
We’ll be planting a new asparagus patch and we’re inviting anyone who wants to stop by to come and check out how to do it – It really is simple and an asparagus patch is so worth setting up! Asparagus are one of very very few perennial vegetables and once your patch gets established, you’ll have asparagus for years and years to come with very low maintenance!
We’ll also have 3 different varieties of asparagus crowns available for sale, and everyone gets a great packet of our favorite asparagus recipes!
Saturday, April 7th 2012, 10 am – 12 noon
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 plan for chickens for the Spring. (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 4/5/12
Saturday, April 21st 2012, 9 am – 2 pm
We designed this Pre-Sale for our gardener and farmer friends, who want to plant in stages. So, we'll have a nice variety of cold-hardy plants and seedlings for sale that are ready to go in the ground! (Or you can hold them for a bit too.) We'll also have some hardy perennials for sale and some awesome orange-colored bearded iris rhizomes.
The Brassicas are all the dark leafy greens: kales, collards, cabbages, pak koi, broccoli, raabs, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, mustards, etc.
The alliums are all the onion-flavored plants - leeks, chives, scallions, welsh onions, walking onions, bulbing onions, etc.
We'll also have spinaches, chards, escaroles, endives, radicchios, chicories, parsleys, lettuces, many thymes, a couple oreganos, a couple sages, cilantro, flowers like violas and violets, celeries, cresses, dill, lovage, mints, many of our hard to find European greens like erba stella and agretti, and lots of perennials and native plants.
Saturday Evening, April 28th, 5 – 7 pm
A great way to celebrate the Spring Garden! We’ll be creating fresh herb-garden inspired tapas and canapes along with great mixed drinks you can make with fresh herbs and other spring garden accompaniments....Lots of festive ideas for your spring herb harvest! Workshop is hands on and tasting is encouraged. Workshop takes place in the herb garden | Cost is $36 | Registration closes 4/25/12.
Sunday, April 29th 2012, 10 am – 12 noon
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 home chicks! (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 4/26/12
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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 a workshop by simply clicking here:
Please download and print out the form, fill it out, and send it, with your check to:
Midsummer Farm, 156 East Ridge Road, Warwick, NY 10990
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