Homestead Harvest Festival October 25
Join the Circle!
We LOVE to share our farm with like-minded families and individuals who are hungry for the connection with land, food and animals that we so crave. The circle is a symbol of community, inclusion and inter-dependence and those things are what Circle M is all about. So do come and join the party!
Second Annual
Homestead Harvest Festival
Come and join us as we close out the garden season with a celebration of fresh food and fall fun here at Circle M! Meet the animals, tour the gardens, learn how to spin and felt wool, visit with farm friends and enjoy a lovely day in our rolling countryside. We’ll have a small selection of wool-based gifts available for purchase, as well as a fresh selection of our homestead beef! You can order our turkeys for Thanksgiving and we can also direct you to nearby neighbors selling pumpkins, apples and other autumn treats.
10 am to noon – Horsing Around with Shakespeare and Zinnia
Small people can take rides on Shakespeare, our retired parade Arabian, and Zinnia, our young Paint filly. We’ll also spend time grooming the horses and polishing their tack, as well as getting out into their pastures and scooping poop!
Noon to 1 – Fiber Fun with Spindles and Needles
All are welcome to experiment with making yarn on a drop-spindle and making felt with a barbed needle. Kids should have parents on hand to supervise, but we’ll have lots of willing instructors.
2 pm – MooGrass Concert!
This is the final concert of the season for our 4-piece bluegrass band, since our fiddle and banjo players spend winters in Florida. Come and sing-a-long to classic old-time tunes you are sure to recognize. Last year we enjoyed a small crowd of kids dancing to all our fiddle tunes – this year we hope everyone will jump in.
4 pm Pot Luck Dinner featuring Your Side Dishes with Circle M Ham
Bring a dish to pass, lawn chairs or a blanket and some drinks to share. We’ll light the bonfires and enjoy the stars of autumn.
All Night Spin-In
For those late-night fiber junkies, or those who just like to watch, we’ll cozy up to the fire with dessert (pot-luck, so bring food and fiber!) and spin as late as we can stay up. Those with sleeping bags are welcome to just camp next to their wheels. Knitters and crocheters welcome, of course, and non-fiber spouses and significant others can bring movies to watch.
Our farm events are designed to pull members of our CSA into community with each other and with the life of the homestead. But friends, family and interested members of the public are all welcome to visit during these open-house scheduled events. However, you can feel free to call us and schedule appointments to visit, shop, tour, take a class or set up camp for a few days.
These aren’t lambs, they’re kids! Well, there is one little lamb in there, and all of them want to be fed. Bottle feeding is a favorite activity here at the spring Lambs and Lettuces Festival.
We are about 40 minutes southwest of Madison, a half hour north of Monroe and about three hours from Chicago. Our best advice on directions is to Mapquest our address from your home and then follow the country road signs very carefully.
