Apple Fest is back! We invite you back to the land to join our annual celebration of all things apple.

Throughout the afternoon we will:

• make (and drink) fresh apple cider,
• taste a variety of apples, 
• taste a variety of hard apple cider,
• Play apple-themed games, 
• eat apple desserts (bring your best apple concoction for the dessert contest!).
• Tour the orchard,  and have fun! 

Sliding scale donation $10-20, kids 12 and under are free.  We welcome you to volunteer and/or bring an entry to the dessert contest to get in free! 

There is no on-site parking; we will be running a continuous shuttle from Lewis & Clark's Huston Field parking lot (10120 SW Terwilliger).  Please contact brenna@tryonfarm.org to volunteer or for more information.

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Earthen Plaster Party, August 7th, 10 am -5 pm

Do you want to get your hands dirty with some natural building?  Join us in making a large batch of earthen plaster from straw, clay and sand that we'll then use to maintain and refresh the natural buildings on the land.  Builders of all ages and all skill levels are invited to join in this dirty fun!  Snacks provided, and we'll take an hour break for lunch around 1 pm.  Please contact brenna@tryonfarm.org for more information.

  The workshop will be broken into two partsand cover basic low tech cultivation method as we ll as more advanced skills such as producing your own grain spawn.  Participants may register for P art 1, Part 2 or for both.   Part 1 o f the workshop will focus on growing common culina ry and medicinal mushrooms like Oysters, Turkey T ails, and Garden Stropharia from grain spawn usin g low tech, DIY methods.  Participants will get hands on experience with cultivating fungi in buck ets using straw and sawdust, as well as outdoor b eds on woodchips.  Grain spawn will be available for purchase for participants to take home.    Part 2 will take things to the next leve l giving participants an opportunity to learn and practice generating their own grain spawn and liqu id cultures.  Growing grain spawn can be intimida ting, but this workshop will aim to demystify theprocess and empower participants with some basic knowledge to get started. Producing your own grainspawn opens up a world of possibilities allowing you to grow fungi in great abundance.  Growing gr ain spawn requires a little bit of gear and equipm ent. We'll orient to some minimalist approach es as well as some common set-ups for cultivating fungi on grain starting from liquid cultures.  Li quid cultures will be available for purchase for p articipants to take home.