The tour of this diversified homestead will feature learning stations and local Master Gardeners, who will be on hand to share details about projects. Individual stations will include: cheesemaking, rendering lard, canning butter and milk, alternative livestock feeds, making sourdough starter, making soap, making lye, making hominy from field corn, composting, alternative health practices, and agritourism. Additional tour stops will include their 1,200 quart fruit cupboard, their commercial kitchen/cheese house, rental facilities and bed and breakfast rooms, and their Romanov sheep flock. A complimentary lunch will be served, featuring stuffed smoked sausage, vegetable beef soup, homemade bread, chicken and noodles, cheese, and assorted desserts.

Registration: To register, email davidblackstone73@gmail.com.

Directions: From I-77, travel east on Rte. 78 for approximately 17 miles. Turn left on Kuhn Run Rd./Township Rd. 55. After about 1 mile, turn left on Township Rd. 58. Stay right at the fork; the farm is on the left.

This event is presented by OEFFA and is part of the 2017 Ohio Sustainable Farm Tour and Workshop Series. For a full schedule of events, go to www.oeffa.org.

Blackstone Farm

49800 Township Rd. 58
Lewisville, OH 43754

Contact:
Nicki and David Blackstone / 740-567-3463 /