Holiday Open House
In-Person Shopping: November 20 – 21 & 27 – 28
Open 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. each day
Online Sales:
November 1st – December 15th
Pick Up Dates:
November 20 -21, December 4 – 5, and December 18 – 19
Maria Martin and her husband Don continue to make fruitcake from the original Drake’s Bakery recipe. By far the best fruitcake we have ever had. We buy extra during the holiday season to freeze and keep for later in the year!
Alan Terry is our shiitake mushroom guy, and he will have dried mushrooms. Alan also makes a fantastic English Marmalade that can’t be beat.
Charlie Novogradic and Debbie Milks bring the reality of “Chestnuts roasting on an open fire” to to our Open House each year.
Jan has a catering service specializing in artisan fudges and other delightful treats. Be sure to try her new wine jellies! Online only.
We’ve known Mike since college days (that’s a really long time)! He can make about anything from wood. We have several of his hand-turned containers in our house, including a bowl he made from a cedar tree taken down after the tornado this year.
Natalya Lowther raises sheep and utilizes their wool for her many hand-spun and handmade products.
Dustin Walthall specializes in custom wood flags and cornhole boards. Dustin is a self taught woodworker and local firefighter. Each flag is unique, each stripe is burned, stained, and then glued together. A top coat is applied that helps each flag maintain color and appearance without fading.
Katie makes some of the most fun pottery for the holidays. Be sure to collect all the designs to make your talbe festive!
Be sure to get some local honey from the Schwager family. They keep some of their bees at our farm. The bees help us with pollination, and bring more honey to you!
Usborne Books
Our beautiful daughter-in-law, Laura, will be selling Usborne Books & More. They have a wide variety of books for newborns through upper elementary. Laura will be at the farm Nov. 28 & 29 only.
Nan Hickam Hunt
Nan Hickam Hunt loves watercolors because they create movement; it is an
unpredictable medium and challenges both her patience and her perspective.
She says that creating art is a healing endeavor for both the body and mind.
Her watercolors will be for sale at both of our in-person shopping weekends.
Carol brings the pen and ink drawings by of her father, Orrin M. Olson, whose work as a local artist spanned approximately a quarter century. Her Dad loved Lawrence, and Lawrence loved him. His artwork is being offered once again for the first time as note cards. Carol’s partner, Glenda, handcrafts wonderful bead ornaments and other goods that will make a fantastic decorations and gifts.
Jacob and his family farm are a local source for fresh produce and great tasting, pasture raised beef, pork, lamb, and chicken. Make sure you check them out for your holiday meals. Online only.
Resurrected Woodworks makes or resurrects functional art from locally
sourced wood. We use the word resurrect because most of the wood we use was
slated for the burn pile.
Sheri Flory
We love Sheri Flory’s folk art/rustic birdhouses that she’s designed & handcrafted. These make great gift items for friends, family, or for yourself!
Lori Trojan will have her book, “Guide to Growing Herbs” available for your gardening friends. She will also bring numerous herbal gift items that you will enjoy.