Sept. 25 - Soap Class (10 to ....)

Oct. 23 - Chicken Processing $75/person (10 to ...)

Oct. 30 - Chicken Meat canning Class $75/person (10 to ...)

Oct. 30 - Farm Day (noon - 3:30) $15/family

Nov. 5 - Beef / Pork / Lamb - Processing Class, part 1 (1 to ...) $75/person

Nov. 6 - Beef / Pork / Lamb - Processing Class, part 2 (9 to ...) $75/person

Nov. 13 - Milk Cow Clinic (10 to ...) $75/family

Nov. 13 - Farm Day (noon - 3:30) $15/family

Nov. 20 - Horse Driving Clinic (10 to ...) $75/person

Dec. 4 - TBA (soap, canning beef, canning/drying vegetable) - send us an e-mail to let us know what you would like to learn

Dec. 4 - Farm Day (noon - 3:30) $15/family

*Please RSVP with your name, e-mail, phone number and how many people will be attending to reserve a spot - ben@sandcreekfarm.net AND tvela@sandcreekfarm.net

We welcome you to stay on the farm in your RV (no hookups) or camp.  There is a toilet but no showering facilities.  There are several fantastic B&B's in Calvert and like new hotels in Franklin, Hearne and Cameron.

DIRECTIONS:

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Farm Day at Sand Creek Farm and Dairy

Come and enjoy the following activities: -Picnic under the trees or out in the pasture 12:00 - 12:45

- Introduction and farm overview, meet at the red barn 12:45 pm

- Shake the mason jar to make butter the old fashioned way

- Climb aboard the horse drawn hay wagon ride with our teams of Percheron and/or Haflinger horses to the pasture. Let us share with you about grass fed milk and meats and explain our rotational grazing system.

- Feed the Pastured Hens and collect eggs and learn why our farm is soy free and GMO Free.

- Taste the fresh, clean-tasting, grass-fed raw milk and yogurt.

- Tour the Raw Milk Dairy and cheese kitchen and learn about the benefits of Grass Fed/ Grain Free raw milk

- Ask questions about what you have seen and let us share what we have learned through our experiences on our sustainable farm

- Bring a cooler if you would like to take some products home with you. The farm store will be open all day! You can view a list of our product on our products page. Pre-order if you like by sending in a "wish list" of items. We will happily pre-pull your orders so that if we are short on supply you have a better chance of getting your favorites.

*note: Bring water, wear a hat / closed toe shoes and some kind of sun protection - umbrellas work great to shade Mom and baby (spoken from experience!). Please pick up all garbage from the farm to help keep it looking beautiful and to keep the animals healthy as it can harm them if consumed. We look forward to seeing you.

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CHICKEN PROCESSING CLASS:

Come prepared to get dirty and have a hands on experience butchering chickens.  You will want to bring the following:

Bring a sack lunch, water, snack, hat, closed toe shoes, a cooler w/ice (you can store it in the walk in freezer here) if you want to shop while on the farm.

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CHICKEN MEAT CANNING CLASS:

Bring a sack lunch, water, snack, close toed shoes and an apron.  Prepare to cook and can.

This is a photo of our first session of canning chicken and chicken broth.

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HOME MILK COW CLINIC:

Bring a sack lunch, water, snack, hat, a lawn chair, and wear good walking shoes.

Learn what to look for in a home milk cow; what kind of tests to run prior to purchasing a home milk cow; how to halter train; different milking options and ask questions.  All close up and personal.

"Funny cow - Wouldn't you like to look in your backyard and see your home milk cow under the children's trampoline :)>  You will no longer need that store bought mechanical lawn mower."

"Fun to have two milk cows.  Just look at the baby in the hay.  When one is dry or the calf is getting all the milk; then you need two.  Right?  This is how it begins......."

"We started with just one.....something like the potato chip advertisement.....just look at that herd now, there are 30 or so more along wih these now...AND they have a baby every year - hope you have lots of land :)>"

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Mapping programs and GPS systems do NOT seem to consistently find us. You can try entering "Jones Prairie, TX" without a street number and see if it puts you on FM 979 about 1/2 way between Cameron & Calvert, TX.

Directions from Dallas: I35 South to Waco, Hwy 6 South to Calvert, FM 979 turn right, come 10 miles to CR 267, turn right, come 1.4 miles to 1552 CR 267. Our drive is on the right side. You will see a large red hay barn on the hill. Directions from

Austin: Hwy 79 East to FM 486, take a left (North) to Hwy 36, take a right (East) to Hwy 77, take a left (North), to FM 485, take a right (East) to FM 979, take a left to CR 267, take a left. Come 1.4 miles to our farm on the right. The red mailbox says "1552 CR 267"

Directions from College Station: Hwy 6 North to Calvert, pass the Dairy Queen on the left and then turn left at the next flashing light which is FM 979, come 10 miles to CR 267, turn right, come 1.4 miles to our farm on the right. Mailbox says "1552 CR 267".

Directions from Temple: Hwy 53 East to FM 485, take a right, cross over Hwy 77 and keep coming east ~6 miles to FM 979, take a left, go ~7 miles to CR 267, turn left. Come 1.4 miles down CR 267 to our drive on the right. Red mailbox says "1552 CR 267"