Saturday - February 20th
Farm Day at Sand Creek Farm and Dairy
Cost: $15/family
Time: 12:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Come and enjoy the following activities: -Picnic under the trees or out in the pasture (bring your own sack lunch) 12:00 - 12:30
- Introduction and farm overview, meet at the red barn
- 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 300 plus 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.
See below to get directions to the farm b/c the 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"
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CAMPING
Sendan e-mail and make a date - any day is fine
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Next clinic 2010 - to be announced
BEGINNERS HORSE DRIVING CLINIC
Participants will learn to harness, hook up to equipment and drive single and teams of horses to wagons and farm equipment. This is a practical, hands on clinic. You will be doing each of these things.
e-mail to reserve a spot: ben@sandcreekfarm.net
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Ongoing FARM ITEM / BUSINESS CLOSEOUT / TACK ROOM / STORAGE ROOM CLEANOUT / GARAGE SALE
see some of the items for sale on www.sandcreekfarmsupply.com
We have been taking photographs as we have been pricing and see that we will NOT get all of it on line, it is just too much. I will continue to work on it.
job boxes / batteries / 4 door dually flatbed work trucks & a Honda Civic / tools / tarps / outdoor paints and primers of many colors / extension cords / office equipment / office furniture / art / etc.
Remember, we had this commercial construction company for 15 years, there is quite an accumlation of useful items. Not to mention we are cleaning out the tack room for the horse lovers, cleaning out the house and storage building for the garage sale enthusiast, cleaning out some of the dairy items from when we were a smaller family cow operation with smaller equipment that we no longer need. Feel free to shop for food while you are here as well. The store will be open all day - bring your cooler and some ice for pork, beef, yogurt, kefir, milk, honey, cheese, etc.
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(3rd Sunday of every month)
FARMER'S MARKET AT Home Sweet Farm in Brenham, TX
WAP Potluck Lunch at 12:00 noon
Farmer's Market 2 - 4 pm
Beef, Pork, Hard Cow Cheeses, Soft Goat Cheeses, Maple, Honey, Eggs, Chicken, Breads, Cereals, Soaps, sometimes Lamb, Organic Produce and much more.
Check out their website: www.HomeSweetFarm.com. Pre-order via e-mail to each farmer.
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10:30 - approx. 4 pm
Homestead Soft Cheese, Butter and Yogurt Making class.
$50.00 per person.
Bring a Sack Lunch.....
Make time to stop for an early dinner at Coco Modo in Calvert, TX for a fine dining experience. Reservations required so be sure to call 979-364-2190.
**All classes must be paid for in advance to reserve your spot. Email your contact information and mail your check to the farm address. Reservations are based upon the receipt of payments. Payments are non-refundable and non-transferable. We keep the class size small and must have a minimum number of participants to make it work.
Email us if you are interested in these or other homesteading clinics or if you would prefer a class during the week instead of on Saturdays.
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SOAP CLASS
TBA 2010
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Cannin Class
TBA 2010
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