The Hoosier Homestead Gathering will be held April 30 and May 1 on Indiana’s Salamonie Reservoir. The gathering offers the public an opportunity to investigate how to live a more "self-sustaining" lifestyle.
Vendors and Discussion Tables at the event both days:
- Gardening: Victory Acres
- Kettle Corn: LaFontaine Lions Club
- Walking Tacos: American Heritage Girls
- Glycerin Soap
- Egg Testing: Indiana State Poultry Association
- Leave No Trace: Boy Scout Troop 429
- Natural Beauty / Cleaning
- Weaving
- Incubating Eggs at Home
- Home Food Preserving
- Quilting
- Dutch Oven Cooking
- Maple Syrup Conversations
- Wool and other Sheep Products
- Old-fashioned Games for Kids and the Young at Heart
- Candle Dipping: American Heritage Girls
- 11 a.m. Planting Trees and Shrubs for wind breaks, food and shade
- 12:30 p.m. - Roll Farms, Milk Goat demo
- 1 p.m. - Victory Acres: Urban Gardening
- 2 p.m. - Edible Wildflower presentation
- 2 p.m. - Grid-tied Solar Energy Presentation
- 3 p.m. - Victory Acres: Urban Gardening
- 4 p.m. - Chicken Butchering demo
- 5 p.m. – Canning Demonstration
Sunday, May 1
- 11 a.m. – Planting Trees and Shrubs for wind breaks, food and shade
- 12:30 p.m. - Roll Farms, Milk Goats demo
- 1 p.m. - Chicken Butchering demo
- 2 p.m. – Cheese Making Demo
- 2 p.m. Rotational Grazing Presentation
- 3 p.m. Lawn Management Presentation
- 4 p.m. Weaving Rag Rugs
The event runs from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m to 5 p.m. Sunday. There is a $3-per-person fee. All events are held in the Salamonie Interpretive Center and nearby large tents.
For more information, contact Upper Wabash Interpretive Services at (260) 468-2127 or email lfager@dnr.in.gov. Gate fees apply to enter the property: $5 per Indiana vehicle and $7 for out-of-state vehicles. Annual entrance permits also available at the Lost Bridge West State Recreation Area off of Ind. 105 in western Huntington County.
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