A glimpse of events in 1999

sawing the timber
February: Historic timber harvesting
  on a beautiful winter day.

Child watching maple sap drip
March: Historic maple sugaring 
on another beautiful winter day

April: Historic Charcoal Burn   
only a few are known to have been done in recent times.  

 Building the charcoal mound
Gulliver the draft horse

April: Creating
 a Hot Bed

 May: Spring Fundraiser
The Berkshire Morris Dance Team performed the ancient form of English folkdance & song that traditionally welcomed in the farming season. 

June: Changes In The Landscape, a walking tour which explored the evidence of human intervention in what seems to be a completely natural landscape.

Detail of the kitchen gardenJuly: The Homestead Garden
August: The Historic Garden & The Contemporary Garden

Folk concert picnic crowd
July, The Annual Folk Concert
 with "ted porter & cronies" 

 18th century Needlepoint wallet.August: Needlework exhibit, lecture and workshop

Tasting the selection of heirloom tomatoes

September: Heirloom Tomato Tasting

 October: Royal Hemlock Road Hike
October: Fall Family Days

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