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Saturday~Sunday, August 13-14, 2016
With Darcy Williamson
Fee: $175
Duration: Two days, one night.
The cost of this two-day sustainable living course includes a one night stay at Mavens’ Haven plus delicious garden fresh meals. Join Darcy in her outdoor kitchen to learn water bath and pressure canning, pickling, jamming, and honey extraction. We’ll use harvests from Mavens’ Haven’s organic garden. Participants will go home with canning skills, recipes, an assortment of jars filled with jams, pickles, salsas and other goodies, plus the basics of backyard beekeeping.
EACH GUEST NEEDS TO BRING:
8 quart jars 12 pint jars 12 jelly jars
For canning and preserving. If you are traveling and prefer to purchase your jars locally, we will do that for you and have them available at Mavens’ Haven.
August 13th.
10:00 A.M. Arrival. ~ You will be taken to your assigned quarters to get settled in before lunch. Lunch will be at noon, so that we will be well nourished before we head off into the garden to harvest late summer produce for canning. The next few hours will be spent processing and canning our harvest.
5:00 P.M. ~ We will return to the garden to gather fresh produce for our evening meal. While guests relax, the meal will be prepared for you. Dinner will be around 6:30 P.M. Elk or Buffalo burgers will be grilled on the barbeque to supplement our garden fresh meal.
8:00 – bedtime. ~ Perhaps you will want to take a dip in the river? There are large towels located in your sleeping quarters for that pleasure. If you would prefer a sauna, let one of the apprentices know and it will be started for you. There will also be time to relax and visit around the fire pit. Or perhaps one would prefer a fast game of pickleball on our court?
August 14th.
7:00 A.M. Coffee and fruit in the main kitchen for those who rise early.
8:00 A.M. – 9:30 A.M. Breakfast at Mavens’ Haven kitchen. After breakfast We head for the garden and orchard to gather produce and fruit for our workshop in the outdoor canning kitchen.
10:00 A.M. –
11:30 A.M. ~ Guests will learn how to can (using water bath and pressure canning methods), pickle and make jams using the wood stove in Mavens’ Haven outdoor canning kitchen.
12:30 – 1:00 P.M. ~ Lunch break! A sandwich buffet will have been set out for us in the Main Maven Havens’ kitchen. This will also be a great time to sample some of the foods we harvested and processed yesterday. There may also be time for you to stroll down to the bridge and up Cow Creek road to have a look around.
5:00 P.M. ~ We will return to the garden to gather fresh produce for our evening meal. While guests relax, the meal will be prepared for you. Dinner will be around 6:30 P.M. It is time to enjoy our meal over wine or herbal beer and conversation. I am certain we will have much to talk about. Chicken will be grilled on the barbeque to supplement our garden fresh meal.
6:00 P.M. ~ We will finish our meal and day’s work. Time to say our farewells. Those who wish to stay Sunday night may do so for a special rate of $50.