We’re building a dance floor for our Harvest Festival this 26 September. I had a discussion with a musician during one of our Summertime Salons about a simple idea, and so far I like it better than anything I’ve read. Refer to the diagram when reviewing these steps:
- Lay a full sized half-inch plywood sheet so the side you want to dance on is facing down.
- Use a table saw to rip a single 10-foot 2×4 along the length in to half-inch shims. Each board should yield six half-inch by 10 foot shims, since you’ll lose a half-inch in saw kerf across all the rips.
- Use a chop saw to cross cut the stack of shims so that you get one stack of 7 foot and one stack of 3 foot shims. Click to read more …
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Sunday, September 26th at 5 PM we will have our next formal dinner event. Come dine on freshly picked organic produce…among the produce! Tables will be set up all over the garden. “Monterey Spantalian” menu now available. Please bring your own wine.
Come through the roses and have some appetizers.
Dinner is from 5-7 PM followed by a community dance!
Dance Around Molly a live Irish band, will be playing from 7-9 PM and we will have Linda Preston, our caller teaching us all how to line up and swirl to the music! No experience necessary, just come prepared to dance the night away.
Dinner and dancing: $40 suggested donation. If you’d like to just come for the dance and desert, only $10 suggested donation. Come at 7 PM for dancing and desert.
As always, one free slot for dishwasher, but you will work for your supper! If you’d like free dancing and desert, we could use two dishwashers, so contact us.
Children are welcome for the dancing and desert. Well behaved children are welcome for the dinner. We will have intimate tables for 4 as well as larger community tables for 8 +. Seating is first come first served, so arrive on time and grab a seat in your favorite part of the garden.
Reservations are required and must be made by September 24th. Let me know how many people are coming:
reservations@fairy-talefarm.com
Come join your host for some magic.
Last Thursday, Fairy-Tale Farm had a sheep and a goat! The goat needed to be milked, so children were invited to join in, and pet the sheep.
Of course, there are always chickens to cuddle… 
And crafts to behold! 
You must not miss the last Farm Market. 
Last week, we had a Bluegrass Band! Page Brownton and Sidetrack !
And as always, figure drawing…bring your own supplies.
So come on down and eat delicious food in a delectable setting…and buy your produce and goodies for the week. 5-9 PM Drop in any time.
Figure Drawing is from 6 – 7 PM. Contact us for our address. We hope to see you here.
"jams and produce" by kthread (CC BY 2.0)
We tried another new idea, a distilled idea. We’ve done pop-up restaurants, pie parties, figure drawing, and workshops. We’ve long dreamed of house concerts, dance parties. We want to be a venue where people bring their goods, extra produce, music, art, and especially sense of community.
So was born the Summer Salons and Urban Farm Market. Click to read more …
Tags: art, community, food, jewelry, market, music, pictures, sweets
This Summer, beginning July 1st, we have our Summertime Salon! Every Thursday evening, from 5-9 PM, we have a wonderful dinner from the garden, figure drawing with a live model, Music jams, a nap corner, and various kid-friendly activities! You can figure draw for an hour, then join in with the musicians and sing a few songs. Or just eat pie.
- Music over here (bring your instrument, and just play with whoever shows up)
- Art/figure drawing over there (to make this free, I need free models! Sign up now for summer. You don’t have to be nude, come in costume if you’d like. I have a few easels, but bring your own art supplies and extra easel if you have one.)
- Collage on that table (bring your own supplies, especially magazines to cut!)
- Games on this table (bring a game you want to play)
- Kids craft table (anything from feather hair clips to nosegays. Craft from the garden.)
- Or just chase the chickens
We have coffee, tea, a delicious vegetarian dish from the garden, and pie for sale. Menu is dependent on what’s fresh from the garden. Pie is seasonal fruit. Sometimes we have biscuits and fresh jam.
Urban Farm Market: Now every Thursday of the month bring your excess produce, flowers, honey, homemade cheese, art, jewelry, sweet treats, etc. to our Urban Farm Market tables to sell or trade with the other vendors. Our intention is to grow a farmer’s market for the DIY community who don’t make enough to sell at the Farmer’s Market. This could also be a great time to barter. Just bring your goods and a fair price for them, and we can begin the underground market! If this is popular, we could do it every week, and into the Fall. It’s proving popular, so we’re extending the Urban Farm Market to every week.
You don’t have to RSVP to come play. Please let us know if you’d like to sell at the market, though, or if you’re interested in becoming a figure model. Tell all your friends, and come hang out into the night with us and dust off your talents! May your community, artistic, and creative dreams come true.
Tags: art, candy, cards, collage, dancing, dinner, figure drawing, food, games, jewelry, market, music, sweets
Recently we had the great pleasure of supplying flowers for India Joze’ flower festival. Pictures of these flowers are below.
Held 16 May at Joze’ new restaurant location, the scene I saw at the Flower Festival was the evolved artistic food expression I’ve come to know from Master Chef Jozseph Schultz. You can look at their pictures (Facebook pictures and event page) via the India Joze Facebook page. What I captured here are shots of our flower delivery. (These pictures are available under a Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 Unported.)
Nasturtiums, rose petals, borage, lemon petals, and edible pea flowers.
What would you like?
Bring your Mother to our next One Day Cafe! Sunday, May 9th 10 AM – 4 PM. Drop in anytime for fresh baked bread, Ladysmith Jams and Jellies, and chocolate ganache! And, of course, pie. Tea, coffee, and free wireless internet!
The garden is full of flowers. Bring your mom to a delightful day in our beautiful garden. Sip tea and eat fresh bread under the roses, with chickens clucking around you begging for scraps!
Drop in anytime. $10 for coffee, bread, jam, ganache, and pie! Children $5
Please RSVP at: reservations@fairy-talefarm.com
If you are a musician, you can play for your slice of pie! Contact me if you or someone you know would like to entertain us for tea and bread and jam.
For more info on Anna Cameron’s jams, email her at: ladysmithjams@yahoo.com
For ganache info, contact www.lifestyleculinary.com
Looking forward to eating with you!
Mark your calendars. Fairy-Tale Farm has 6 months of festivities scheduled:
RESTAURANT/CAFE:
Sunday, February 7th Pie Party!! 10 AM – 2 PM Drop in anytime for a few slices of pie and unlimited coffee and tea. Frolic in the garden, listen to the music, and enjoy organic pies with your family and friends. $10
Friday, March 12 Dinner in the Field 6 PM – 9 PM This is our next formal underground restaurant, chef and menu to be announced. Limit 30 guests. $30 Cheap wine included. Please bring a nice bottle of wine to share if you’d like. Live music.
Sunday, April 11 One Day Cafe 10 AM – 4 PM Come drop by and dine on homemade pastries. Unlimited coffee and tea, and live music. Free wireless internet access. Prices vary.
Sunday, May 9 One Day Cafe 10 AM-4PM Same as above.
Saturday, June 12 Dinner in the Field! 6 PM – 10 PM Chef and menu to be announced. $30 per guest
NEW: FIGURE DRAWING IN THE GARDEN
We are starting monthly figure drawing classes, with a live nude model. Free coffee and tea! Come hang out and eat cookies ($2 each) even if you’re not drawing. $10 if you are drawing/painting. No instruction, just come and inspire one another. We will begin with quick poses, and end with longer 30 minute sessions. You are free to paint the chickens instead. Last Sunday of each month:
Sunday, Jan 31 2-5 PM
Sunday, February 28 2-5 PM
Sunday, March 28 2-5 PM
Sunday, April 25, 2-5 PM
Sunday, May 30 2-5 PM
Sunday, June 27 2-5 PM
As always, there are two free slots reserved for each event as musician and dishwasher. If you are interested in modeling for us for the figure drawing classes, you will be payed $15 an hour, or you can trade for future classes/events. We will have flowers and produce for sale when available, so bring extra cash.
If you are a chef and interested in cooking for one of our dinners, contact us. We also host private parties.
Reservations for any of these events can be made by emailing us at:
reservations@fairy-talefarm.com
Please specify the date/event you are reserving for and the # of people coming. For the cafe/ figure drawing class, please let me know if you intend to come so I can get an idea of how much to cook, but you are welcome to bring friends and decide last minute. We will always have coffee and tea!
Contact us if you have ideas or inspirations for future events. Happy New Year!
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