back-to-back workshops coming up!

Don’t miss out on our Back-to-Back Workshops in April! Two full-day workshops with the Doughertys at the Sow’s Ear in Jefferson County, OhioPick up the basics on how to make your homestead inputs-independent!Homestead Dairy Management Workshop – Friday, April 17, 2020A full day, 9:00am – 7:30pm, of dairying and milk management for the home dairy.  Milking and milk handling, butter and hard and soft cheese making, dairy ferments, and all the myriad ways you can use milk to power the homestead.  Milk is the farm-raised protein that elevates your homesteading to new levels!  Thinking of adding a cow to the family?  Join us for nine hours of non-stop MILK!  Plus enjoy two farm-grown meals and social time with other aspiring homesteaders and farmers.And you can even stick around Saturday for the next workshop:     Intensive Rotational Grazing Basics Workshop on April 18, 2020Got the Feed Bill Blues?  Wondering where to find the EXIT door to escape buying endless inputs for your farm or homestead?  The answer is GRASS!  Solar energy is the only power source for life on this planet, and making the most of your own is the craft of grazing management.  Join us for a full day, 9:00am – 7:30pm, of grass, grazing, fence, forages, and ruminants.  Two meals and great conversation thrown in!  Go home knowing how to determine what species of grazing animal is best for your land right now, what equipment you will need to begin, and how to get started right away harvesting your own solar energy with ruminants.  Learn how you can power the whole farm with your own daily sunlight -- Feed-Bill Free!Plus, join us Thursday and Friday evenings for dessert and social time:  a great opportunity to meet and network with other farmers and farmers-to-be.  Mutual aid and fellowship is the heart and soul of farming! cost:$200/person; $350/couple for each workshop$350/person; $600/couple for both workshopsEach workshop includes lunch, dinner and a full day of learningguest house overnight stay (optional):$35/person, $50/couple per night (available Thursday,  Friday and/or Saturday nights, first come/first served)email us at shawnandbeth@att.net or call 740-537-5178 for more information$50 non-refundable deposit per workshop ($100 for a couple) reserves a spot (first come/first served).