Backyard Homesteading Fair 2019
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Backyard Homesteading Fair 2019 May 10-11, 2019 Friday at a Glance Time Raspberry Stage Strawberry Stage Blackberry Stage Exhibitor Area 10 Landscaping with Native Budgeting Goat-Hoof Trimming and Plants Vaccination 11 Raising Chickens/ Using Essential Oils Flower Arranging Making Wheat Bread Producing Eggs 12 Pioneer Quilting, History Solar/Off Grid Plant Walk Goat-Hoof Trimming and of Quilting Vaccination 1 Landscaping with Cold Process Soapmak- Spinning - Wool and Fi- Drought Tolerant Plants ing ber Demonstration 2 Raising Rabbits Butchering Making Rolls 3 Aquaponics Simplify Gardening with Quilting Essential Oils for Inflam- T-Tape Drip Irrigation mation and Pain 4 Mosquito Proofing your How to Eat What’s Eat- Sourdough Starters and Homestead ing Your Garden Bread 5 Caring for Fruit Trees Cultured Foods Essential Oils - Immune Support Saturday at a Glance Time Raspberry Stage Strawberry Stage Blackberry Stage Exhibitor Area 10 Getting started with Processing Rabbit Planting and Pruning Using a 3 point Tiller and Goats Trees Box Blade on a Compact Tractor 11 Learn about Canning by Making Tools out of Making Wheat Bread Making Jam! Trash 12 Converting to Solar Midwife Using a 3 point Tiller and Box Blade on a Compact Tractor 1 Backyard Beekeeping Crocheting Gopher Trapping Herb Walk 2 Cultured Foods Soapmaking Making Rolls 3 Growing Cut Flowers Cooking with Garlic Essential Oils for Inflam- mation and Pain 4 Herbal Medicine in Your Make Simple Farm Style Sourdough Starters and Own Backyard Cheese Bread 5 Footznology Sewing Essential Oils - Immune Support Friday Raspberry Stage 10 am – Using Native Plants in residential landscapes – Steve Paulsen, Native Roots LLC Come and learn about what native plants to use and where to use them. Bring questions about your specific issues and needs regarding the installation, care, and stewardship these unique and special plants require. 11 am – Raising Chickens / Producing Eggs – Dean and Linda Hulett – Hulett Farm Dean and Linda Hulett have retired and started raising chickens for eggs. It started out as a hobby but has turned into a small business. They sell eggs year round and sell chickens as they have extra. They have learned much along the way and want to help you avoid some of the troubles they have had. 12 pm – Pioneer Quilting, History of Quilting – SueAnn Ballard -The Quilt Cupboard SueAnn will be teaching about pioneer quilting, how they dyed the fabric, what quilts were used for, how they put them together, etc… She will have historic quilts on display as well as the more modern quilts that she has made. 1 pm – Landscaping with Drought Tolerant Plants - Orton Botanical Gardens - Lamar Orton Learn from the area expert on making drought tolerant plants a beautiful part of your landscaping! 2 pm – Raising and Caring for Rabbits – Cort Johnson Rabbits for meat are an excellent addition to any backyard homestead due to their ability to quickly repro- duce. They require a small amount of acreage and are very easy to dispatch and prepare for food. Topics of discussion to include: Rabbit life cycle and breeding, housing costs and requirements, and keeping rabbits healthy (including feed). 3 pm – Aquaponics – Tyler Hadley - Desert Flower Farm Learn about the ancient art of growing plants using water as the growing media and aquatic life as your fertil- izer! Also learn about how to start plants and care for them! 4 pm – Mosquito Proofing your Homestead: Brian Simper, TFCPAD Manager Brian will be teaching about what homesteaders can do to protect their property from mosquitoes and dis- eases carried by mosquitoes. Learn how your landscaping, irrigation, and animal water options can help or hurt mosquito production in your homestead! 5 pm – Caring for fruit trees – Kent Richards - Northview Orchards Kent is going to teach us how to prune fruit trees, control bugs and fertilize for optimal growth and harvest. Friday Strawberry Stage 11 am - Katrina Scampini - Using Essential Oils - Plant Therapy Plant Therapy will be demonstrating an introduction to essential oils followed by a DIY. We will offer a DIY allergy relief roll-on. 12 pm (Noon) Solar / Off Grid - Ben Huffron – Big Dog Solar Ben will be showing you how solar can be a benefit on or off the grid. They will demostrate how it all works with and without batteries. Perfect for the homesteader that wants to live off the grid. 2pm – Butchering – Nick and David – Scarrow Meats Nick and David are going to talk about how you butcher an animal from the time it is brought in to them to the time a customer comes to pick it up. They will have visual aids and handouts. 3 pm -Simplify Gardening with T-Tape Irrigation - Heidi Tubbs - Tubbs Berry Farm Weed free gardening? Take some of the work out of gardening by using a t-tape irrigation system and plastic mulch. We will show you how the system we use on our farm can be used on your own homestead! 4 pm -How to Eat What’s Eating Your Garden - Angela Ursenbach Will discuss eating rockchuck/raccoon and caterpillars, grasshoppers etc…all very good!! Friday Blackberry Stage 10 am – Personnel and Business budgeting – Kevin Hatch - Hatch and Company Kevin is a numbers man! He is going to focus on personal finance and give you ideas of what you can do to improve your numbers. 11am – How to arrange Flowers – Andrea Baird – Painted Bloom Flower Farm Andrea will be showing how to arrange flowers for a beautiful display. She will give tips and hints on what she has learned over the years. 12 pm - Plant Walk- Dr. Patrick Jones - The HomeGrown Herbalist School of Botanical Medicine Join Dr. Patrick Jones founder of The HomeGrown Herbalist School of Botanical Medicine for a plant walk around Tubb's Berry farm. There are a number of important medicinal species on the property many of which are likely growing on your place too. 1 pm – Cold Process Soap Making – Sherry Olsen-Frank In this demonstration you will learn how easy it is to make your own soaps. If I can do it, you can too. Demys- tifying soap making in 25 minutes! 3 pm – Quilting – SueAnn Ballard - The Quilt Cupboard SueAnn will be showing you basic quilting ideas and give you hints and tips on how to produce a quality quilt. 5 pm – Cultured Foods – Monica Cook You will learn how to brine sauerkraut, cultured veggies and kimchi. I will talk about how to make kefir and buttermilk. Finally I will show you how to ferment grains and teach you how to use these cultured foods in all your cooking and maybe even share my favorite cultured cookies. Your tummy will thank you for it! Friday Exhibitor Area 10 am - Goat-Hoof Trimming and Vaccination – Nicole Moretti - Radagast Farms Learning to vaccinate and trim hooves is an important part of goat ownership. I have owned goats for 6 years, and do the majority of their healthcare myself. 11 am - Making Wheat Bread - Summer Bailey- Sweet and Kneady Summer will be speaking about making wheat bread. She will be showing how to make the dough and how to work into beautiful loaves. There will also be samples because bread is the staff of life! 12 pm (Noon)- Goat-Hoof Trimming and Vaccination – Nicole Moretti - Radagast Farms Learning to vaccinate and trim hooves is an important part of goat ownership. I have owned goats for 6 years, and do the majority of their healthcare myself. 1 pm - Spinning- Fiber and Wool Demonstrations - Magic Valley Spinners and Weavers The Magic Valley Spinners and Weavers will be showing how to spin your own fiber and wool. Come check out how much fun it can be! 2pm - Making Rolls – Summer Bailey - Sweet and Kneady Summer will be speaking about making rolls . She will be showing how to make the dough and shape the rolls. There will also be samples because bread is every kitchens staple! 3pm - Essential Oils - Pain & Inflammation - Cathy Baker - DoTerra Inflammation and Pain- pain and inflammation are big factors when it comes to our body not running like a well oiled machine! Learn how doterra EO's and symphony of the cells combined can reduce the 2, giving your body much needed relief and healing! 4 pm - Sourdough Starters and Bread – Summer Bailey - Sweet and Kneady Summer will be speaking about making sourdough starters and bread. She will be showing how to make your own sourdough starters and how to work with them. There will also be samples because bread is delicious! Yum! 5 pm - Essential Oils - Immune Support - Cathy Baker - DoTerra NFECTIOUS DISEASES/IMMUNE SUPPORT: when our system gets hit with the nasty viruses and bugs that float around you don't have to suffer through it, come learn how using essential oils in this protocol can not only strengthen your immune system but increase your recovery time and relieve symptoms while healing the body! Saturday Raspberry Stage 10 am – Getting Started with Goats - Dana Virnig - Twin Acres Farm Raising goats for meat, milk or fiber. What’s the right breed for your goals? 11 am – Canning and Food Preservation: Grace Wittman U of I Extension Learn how to preserve food by making jam! 12 pm – Achieving Energy Independence with Solar – Come and learn about how solar for your home, busi- ness and farm can save you money and help you achieve energy independence. Topics will include grid tied systems vs off grid, Idaho Power’s Net Metering Program, what Tax Credits, Deductions & Depreciation avail- able and an open Q&A session. 1 pm - Backyard Beekeeping - Kirk and Heidi Tubbs - Tubbs Berry Farm Come learn a little bit about honey bees how much fun keeping your own bees can be.