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| You've probably been wine tasting, & perhaps olive oil tasting ... but ... have you ever been vinegar tasting? Yes, you heard right! We are pleased to feature absolutely awesome local infused vinegars. Bring your friends for a fun experience and taste select creations by Carrie of Chaparral Gardens. You are also welcome to sample a high quality olive oil and basalmic vinegar by Olio Nuevo in Paso Robles. |
Native American Three Sisters Workshop
Saturday June 6th
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Kid’s Sunflower
Planting Workshop
Saturday June 20th
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| 2009 Events |
June
Native American Three Sisters Workshop
Kid’s Sunflower Planting Workshop
July
Children’s Day at the Farm
Herb Garden Tour
August
Children’s Gourd Birdhouse Workshop
Gourd Birdhouse Natural Finish Workshop I
Gourd Birdhouse Painted Finish Workshop II
September
Old-fashioned Threshing Bee
Heirloom
Tomato Tasting
Apple & Apple Cider Tasting
October
Pumpkin Painting Workshop
Halloween at the Farm
November
Heirloom Winter Squash Tasting & Workshop
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Native American Three Sisters Workshop
Saturday June 6th, 11 a.m.
Children age 6 – 12 will participate in a hands on workshop recreating a traditional Native American Three Sisters garden. We will learn about the Three Sisters components and discuss the symbiotic premise of how the inter-relationship works. We will actually plant a Three Sisters garden. Participants will be sent home with seeds to create their own Three Sisters garden at home. Our farm will care for the garden and invites participants to come back to the farm throughout the summer to watch the garden grow. Participants will also have a chance to grind corn with authentic Native American tools (bowl & pestle). Workshop is approximately 1 hour. Reservations required as class size is limited. Cost is $5 per student and includes a small apple cider and fresh baked cookie snack.
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Kid’s Sunflower Planting Workshop
Saturday June 20th, 11 a.m.
FREE workshop includes a cup, soil, plant marker and sunflower seeds. Children will learn about the lifecycle and care of sunflower plants in a hands-on workshop. Kids will take their planted seed home with them to plant in their family’s yard or garden. No charge to children under age 12. |
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July |
Children’s Day at the Farm
Saturday July 11th 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.
Our farm will be offering a series of guided mini interactive workshops for children to participate in various farm activities and old time skills. There will be a butter churning station, sunflower planting, an antique cider press pressing apple juice, a corn husk doll making station, wheat grinding, steer roping, corn meal grinding using Native American tools, tractor rides and more. All participating children will also have a chance to feed and pet farm animals, play on a hay stack, rope a dummy steer and use the water pump barrels. Cost is $5 per child.
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Herb Garden Tour
Saturday July 25th, 11 a.m.
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Jack Creek Farms will be hosting a FREE culinary herb garden tour and talk. Guests will learn how to choose and use fresh herbs. Sample many different varieties of basil and other naturally grown herbs right in the field where they were grown. Learn how to make a simple basil pesto, flavor sauces and entrees.
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Children’s Gourd Birdhouse Workshop
Saturday August 1st, 11 a.m.
Jack Creek Farms will be hosting a children’s gourd making workshop. Children will design and paint a natural gourd birdhouse for their feathered friends. $12 fee includes a gourd and all the tools and materials to make a finished birdhouse. Reservations required as class size is limited.
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Gourd Birdhouse Natural Finish Workshop I
Saturday August 8th, 11 a.m.
Jack Creek Farms will be hosting a gourd making workshop. Learn how to choose, clean, stain and create a delightful natural gourd birdhouse for your feathered friends. $18 fee includes a gourd and all the tools and materials to make a finished birdhouse. Reservations required as class size is limited.
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Gourd Birdhouse Painted Finish Workshop II
Saturday August 15th, 11 a.m.
Jack Creek Farms will be hosting a gourd making workshop. Learn how to choose, clean, paint and create a delightful natural gourd birdhouse for your feathered friends. $18 fee includes a gourd and all the tools and materials to make a finished birdhouse. Reservations required as class size is limited. |
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September |
Old-fashioned Threshing Bee
Saturday
September 5th
10 a.m. - 1 p.m. FREE Admission!
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Threshing
Grain
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Bring
the whole family for a fun afternoon. Step back
into a simpler time and connect with the past. Starting
with standing wheat we will bind, stack,
thresh, sack, clean and grind the grain into flour the same way it was done in the early 1900s. We
will have several restored antique tractors on display. Visit with the farm animals,
view the growing crops (including a large pumpkin
patch and gourd field), play horseshoes, lasso Bailey our dummy roping steer and sample honey, apple cider, pomegranate granitas, fudge & jam.
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Forking
Wheat Bundles into the Threshing Machine
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Atillio Busi
Sacking Grain
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Restored
Cat Thirty
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Threshing
Bee Details
David
Barlogio will be overseeing the demonstrations.
On Saturday the grain threshing will take place.
We will start with standing wheat in the field,
and finish with wheat flour and whole wheat bread
samples.
The first step is to bind standing
wheat using an Adriance Grain Binder that grandpa Miles Barlogio restored.
It dates back to the early 1890s. The binder uses
cutting knives, a wooden reel and a canvas belt
system to cut the wheat and tie it into small
bundles (also known as stooks or sheaves) using
twine.
Next the wheat bundles will be
hand stacked with three-tine pitch forks using
the same configuration farmers utilized 100 years
ago. The bundles then will be forked into a McCormick
Stationary Threshing Machine owned by Dick and Carson Wiley of Arroyo
Grande. The McCormick Thresher will be powered
by their 1917 Advance Steam Tractor.
Inside the thresher the grain
is separated from the stalks and husks. Then the
grain will be augured into burlap sacks. The sacks
will be hand sewn. We have some old-timers who
still have their antique sack needles that are
volunteering to sew and keep us historically accurate
as to the process. The next step is to run the
wheat through a 1910 era Fanning Mill.
The fanning mill uses a series of screens to separate
unwanted weed seed and remaining chaff from the
grain. We will have a small hand grinder on site
for folks to grind wheat into flour. We will give
out free samples of whole wheat bread for folks
to enjoy.
What exactly is a Threshing
Bee?
In early days wheat was flailed
by hand. In America in the 1700s small round barns
were built with special slatted flooring. Horses
were trained to walk in circles on the wheat to
remove the grain from the stalk. In the 1800s
an exciting new piece of machinery, the Stationary
Thresher, was introduced. This new piece of machinery
could separate the grain from the stalk and husk,
and assist in sacking.
Most farms were small and could
not afford to purchase this new “high tech”
equipment. Sometimes a “custom” thresher
came to an area. Farmers paid a fee to the machinery
owner to have their wheat threshed. Other times
farmers pooled their resources to purchase a machine,
and the machine was moved from farm to farm. Most
farms did not have enough labor resources to do
this manual labor themselves, so all of the neighboring
farm families came to help. The men operated the
thresher, pitched bundles, sacked grain and loaded
wagons, while the women cooked and fed the crews.
Though the work was hard, this
became a harvest celebration of sorts. It was
a time of sharing. A time of socializing for young
and old alike. These harvesting events came to
be known as “Threshing Bees”.
Here at Jack Creek Farms we would
like to honor the heritage and farming traditions
of our family and community. We want you to have
the opportunity to help us celebrate our harvest
and preserve past traditions. We hope you become
a part of our circle of sharing and friendship.
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Filled
Sacks of Grain - A Job Well Done!
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A special thanks to David, Bob & Tim
Barlogio, the Dick & Carson
Wiley families, Darrell & Milene
Radford, Jim Greer, Ernie
Perlich, Tony Busi, Paul Valentine, & Art
Von Dollen. With out you this event wouldn't
take place! ~
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Heirloom
Tomato Tasting
Saturday
September 19th
1
p.m. FREE Admission
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Join
us for an afternoon of fun as we sample the many
different varieties of heirloom tomatoes grown on our farm.
Heirloom tomatoes come in different shapes, sizes
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Varieties will include some of your favorites
including Cherokee Purple, Pineapple, Mortgage Lifter Radiator Charlie, Basinga, Box Car Willie and Black
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Admission is FREE. We will provide
the tomatoes, plates, forks, salt and fun.
Your job is to bring along your friends and enjoy
an afternoon at our farm :-)!
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Apple & Apple Cider Tasting
Saturday September 26th
1 p.m. FREE Admission
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Jack Creek Farms grows many different apple varieties. Here is your chance to sample some unusual varieties you perhaps haven’t tried before. Varieties will vary depending upon the current day’s harvest. You will also have the opportunity to sample fresh 100% pure juice apple cider made from a blend of fresh in season apples. Admission is FREE! |
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October |
Pumpkin Painting Workshop
Saturday October 4th
1 p.m.
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What could be more fun than a friendly Jack-o-lantern in early October? Instead of carving; paint your pumpkin and it will last all month! Children ages 7 and up are welcome. A $9 fee will includes a freshly picked from the field small sugar pie pumpkin and all supplies to paint and decorate it. Space is limited. Please call 238-3799 for reservations.
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Halloween at the Farm
Saturday October 31st, 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Bring your entire family to the farm on Halloween Day. Every person who shows up in costume and poses for a photo will receive a FREE Jack-o-lantern!!! (Quantities Limited – while supplies last). |
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November |
Heirloom Winter Squash Tasting & Workshop
Saturday November 1st
1 p.m.
FREE Admission
Heavy Rain Cancels to the Following Weekend
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It is so easy to transform winter squash into fabulous autumn dishes. The folks at Jack Creek Farms will give you tips and detailed instructions on how to make a variety of dishes using heirloom winter squash. There will be a presentation, a cooking demonstration, and an opportunity to sample at least 5 different varieties of winter squash. Take home recipes and your dish will be the highlight of your family’s fall festivities. You’ll be so proud, and your guests will be impressed. You can do it . . . it’s easy! Admission is FREE! |
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December |
Annual End of Season Buy 1 Get 1 FREE Sale
December 4th, 5th & 6th 10 - 5
Heavy Rain Cancels to the Following Weekend
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| The first weekend in December will be our HUGE Annual End of the Season Sale. Absolutely everything in the store will be Buy 1 Get 1 FREE!!! This will be a great opportunity to shop for everyone on your Christmas Gift List. Packaged gourmet foods and recipe books make attractive and thoughtful Christmas gifts, particularly when placed in baskets and tied with a festive bow. |
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It's Olallieberry
Time!
Olallieberries are a cross between a black-berry and a raspberry.
Our olallieberries are ripe & ready to harvest. Our u-pick patch is open if you would like to pick your own, or let us pick for you.
Enjoy a fresh from the oven olallieberry pie. Just the right size for two to share . . . or perhaps not!
We also have locally made olallieberry jam and syrup. This weekend we will have homemade strawberry shortcake fresh and warm from our ovens.
You may pick your own sugar snap peas, snow peas, and several different herbs in our u-pick gardens.
We also have freshly harvested avocados and lemons.
Our bakery is in full swing with a nice variety of cookies, biscotti, scones, small pies and rustic tarts.
We will also have a nice selection of our own freshly made fudge for visitors to sample.
See you soon!!
Tim, Joy, Becky & Mandy
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