growing your own food

life skills classes

At Starpoint Community Education:

  • 2/25 Cast Iron Cooking and Baking—Get the most out of this traditional cooking method.
  • 3/25- Make your own traditional Perogies and authentic Sour Kraut
  • 4/22- Meal Prep/planning—getting organized and efficient with this cost and time saving measure—leave with a planner filled to the brim with recipes straight from the Farm!
  • 5/20—An English Tea—How to make a proper cup of tea, scones, and tea sandwiches

On the Farm classes through Logos Ministries:

  • 11/18- Turkey processing
  • 12/2- Christmas gifts: Homemade felted ornaments
  • 12/9-Scratch made bread–sprouted wheat
  • 12/16- Scratch made Christmas cookies
  • 2/10-Homemade Card Construction—make your own Valentine’s Day cards
  • 2/17-Scratch made Caramels—three ways
  • 2/24-Authentic German Pretzels
  • 3/3- Yogurt, butter, and ricotta cheese
  • 3/10- Fermentation: A lesson in this natural food preservation process. We will be making one jar of traditional sour kraut and one jar of fermented ginger carrots
  • 3/17- Make Traditional Irish Meat Pies and Soda Bread
  • 3/24-Tempering Chocolate (Make your own Easter Candies!)
  • 3/31-Hot Cross Buns and Peeps
  • 4/14- Perogies-scratch made–both traditional potato and sour kraut
  • 4/21-Sausages—Grinding fresh meat and making sausages, three ways.
  • 4/28- Sourdough: Continuing with the art of fermentation we will be making a loaf of traditional loaf of bread and naturally-leavened waffles
  • 5/ 5-Scratch made traditional Empanadas to celebrate Cinco de Mayo
  • 5/19-An English Tea—how to make a proper cup of tea, scones, and tea sandwiches
  • 5/26-A study in herbs—their uses and growing habits. Will construct one fresh herbal tea wreath
  • 6/1- Ice Cream Bar—Making Homemade Ice Cream, Homemade toppings (hot fudge, hot caramel, strawberry sauce -season permitting), and freshly made whipped cream

All classes are $35/pp (includes all supplies). Class sizes are extremely limited. To register email: hiswife@thefarmerandhiswife.org

visit the farm

We would love to have you stop by! Email us at: hiswife@thefarmerandhiswife.org and we’ll send you a map (with directions) and we’ll set up a time and date for your visit. And come hungry–the Farmer’s Wife loves to make a sweetie or three!