The Apple Bee
Sunday Oct 26 from noon to 5pm
Free Heritage Event – Families Welcome
All are invited to Hillside Homestead’s fourth Annual Fall event,
The Apple Bee fun will include….
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Making the annual Apple Butter! We will use a 30 gallon copper kettle outside over a roaring fire and boil down 15 gallons of sweet apple cider and 3 bushels of apples! This is the main course of our Apple Bee!
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Historic cooking demos in the farm kitchen and tastings too! All things apple and historic will be baked, fried and simmered! Lingering in the kitchen is always part of the fun at the Apple Bee!
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NEW! Hand sewing experience…Please join Jamie Burton, a sewer of all things oldey-timey, for a quick class on the basics of hand sewing. You’ll learn a few basic stitches and even walk away with your own creation: a scented sachet to add color and fragrance to any room in your house or to tuck under your pillow to help you sleep at night (just like the Victorians did!). There is a materials fee of $5 for this add-on opportunity.
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Tours of the farmhouse
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Visit with the farm animals which include, 6 pigs, 8 sheep, a bunch of chickens, ducks, Gypsy the Goose and Champ the horse! My neighbor, Rose Jelinek, is bringing her horse over for the afternoon!
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And plenty of time for visiting and lollygagging on the porch, in the parlour or thereabouts. I hope you can make it to the Apple Bee!
The apples have just been added and now for the big boil!
Miss Sadie peeling apples! Lots and lots of apples
Mary and Jamie cooking and talking with guests in the kitchen at Hillside Homestead
Bubble bowling with Katie!
Enjoying the tree swing in the front yard!
Enjoying the view at Hillside Homestead
Tags: apple, apple butter, farm fun, farmstay, homestead, homesteading, living history, Pure Michigan