Coggeshall News

Story Telling Rescheduled!

November 18th - Saturday_Story Telling
    RESCHEDULED TO DEC 9th
      
December 9th & 10th - Saturday & Sunday
      Christmas Tree Sale and other goodies
      from 10am-5:00pm both days.
   **STORY TELLING AT 2:00PM SAT. ONLY**

March (TBA)
      Maple Sugaring
April (TBA)   
      Sheep Shearing
April 22 - May 27 -Saturdays.
        (exact times TBA)
      Drawing From the Garden-
      Six week class using water color
      pencil, colored pencil and/or pen and ink
      to visually explore garden life.
      Level - Beginners and intermediate.
      $70 members - $90 non-members

Fundraiser

November 9th - FUNDRAISER at 'The Nat'
       Come enjoy some food, fun, flare and
       'alitta bitta Culcha' at The Nat Porter
       125 Water Street, Warren, RI
       Thursday Night, 7 pm

       Silent Auction - Art, Crafts, Cool Stuff
       Tasty Treats! Raffle items to be won and
        lively Warren Company!!!

       MUSIC:
            Otis Reed and Friends,
            Phil Edmonds, and Kathy Clasper-Torch      
            Tickets $25

       Available Soon at the Nat Porter & Coffee Depot.

Harvest Fair Success!-Thank YOU!

We just wanted to thank all those dedi-
cated volunteers, vendors, donors and sup-
porters for their generousity in making this
years Harvest Fair one of the most successful
in a very long time!

For all those who attended, had such
wonderfully positive things to say, and
offered their talents for the future - We'll
see you soon!!

Once we've caught our breath and put
everything back it's place we thank
and recognize everyone properly !!

Warm Regards To All,
The Board of Trustees

Upcoming Events-Updated 11/17

September 30th & October 1st
      Small Group from of Peters' Corps
      ( www.peterscorps.org )
      will be on 'The Farm' in period costume
      to reenact farm chores, cooking
      and other activities of interest from
      the late 1700's to early 1800's.
October 21st & 22nd
      Cider Making & Pumpkin Sale - Sat. & Sun. 
      Dutch-Oven Demonstration/Tasting
          on Saturday 21st only.
October 28th Saturday
       Join Us For Childrens' Story Time - 
       Saturday at 2:00pm.
November 9th - FUNDRAISER at Nat Porter
       Come experience some food, fun, and flare at
       the Nat Porter in Warren, RI-Thursday Night, 7 pm
       Silent Auction - Art, Crafts & Culture and
       Tasty Treats - raffle items to be won, lively
       company and good music too!!! Tickets $25
       Available NOW at the Nat Porter & Coffee Depot.
November (Tentative - 11th- email if interested)
      Hearth Cooking Demonstration,
      Tasting or Dinner.
November 18th - Saturday_Story Telling
  RESCHEDULED TO DEC 9th
     
December 9th & 10th - Saturday & Sunday
      Christmas Tree Sale and other goodies
      from 10am-5:00pm both days.
   **STORY TELLING AT 2:00PM SAT. ONLY**

March (TBA)
      Maple Sugaring
April (TBA)   
      Sheep Shearing
April 22 - May 27 -Saturdays.
        (exact times TBA)
      Drawing From the Garden-
      Six week class using water color
      pencil, colored pencil and/or pen and ink
      to visually explore garden life.
      Level - Beginners and intermediate.
      $70 members - $90 non-members
   

      

      

Annual Harvest Fair !!

Join us for our
Annual Harvest Fair!!

September 16th + 17th
Saturday & Sunday
10am-5:00pm

Re-enacters, Childrens Games,
Hay Rides, Pony Rides, Craft
Demonstrations, Craft Vendors
and MORE!

Silent Auction

Come early and enjoy a Johnny
Cake breakfast - Many delicious
goodies offered the entire day!

Live Entertainment Schedule*
Saturday
12:00-1:00pm  Storytelling
     Featuring: Tracey "Dancing Star"
     Brown, Native American Storyteller
1:00-3:00pm  The Sidewalk Stompers
3:00-4:00pm  Storytelling
     Featuring:  "Storyhead" Jill

Sunday
12:00-1:00pm Storytelling
     Featuring: "Storyhead" Jill
1:00-3:00pm Celebrating Ireland
3:00-5:00pm Atwater-Donnelly

Adults: $5.00
Kids(3-12) + Seniors: $3.00
Members + Kids under 3: FREE

*Thanks to the generous
underwriting by:
Capital City Financial Corp.
East Providence, Rhode Island

Next and Last Meeting- Harvest Fair

The Last Meeting for Harvest Fair
Tuesday - September 5th,  6:30pm
The Coffee Depot
501 Main St.
Warren,RI

We are now in "count-down" mode. 
Everything that we've been putting off
- now needs doing. 

Please, bring with you your last minute
needs/questions/concerns.  Hope to
see you all there!
Thanks,
J

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Recycled Wood

Since we always have little repairs to make
to the out-buildings and barns we're always
on the lookout for 'aged' wood of varying
dimensions. Give us a call if you have
any you'd like to have us take off your hands!

Breakfast Time at Coggeshall

Stu Nunnery - August 26th

Stu Nunnery Speaks...
Coggeshall Farm Museum
Saturday - August 26th - 1:00pm

Members FREE
Non-members:
$5 Adults(12+)
$3 Seniors + Kids 3-12

"Save a farm - visit a Farm"

As the harvest season gets underway,
Mr. Nunnery will offer an in depth and
provocative look at RI's farms and the
many things they have to offer today
and for the future.

Nunnery will have on hand inform-
ation and materials about launch of
Rhode Island Farm Ways -  a farm
destination marketing campaign design-
ed to showcase farms and expand agri-
tourism activities and "alternative enter-
prises" that are conducted on our farms
and other sites provide not only adven-
tures and learning opportunities for the
public, but also a significant portion of
farm income for our farmers."

Mr. Stu Nunnery is the Director of
Rhode Island Center for Agricultural
Promotion and Education(RICAPE).
A writer, speaker, trainer and consultant,
he brings an eclectic history of achieve-
ment and acclaim in leadership on issues
of food farming systems education, com-
munity and partnership development and
public health - with a special interest on
how information in communicated to the
public.

See Rhode Island FarmWays -
www.rifarmways.org

August/September Survey

Bornstein Tool Collection Poster

This poster shows just some of
the remarkable tools that we're
working on getting photographed
for the online 'Collection Gallery'.

These tools, richly worn from past
use, comprise only a fraction of the
Tim Bornstein Collection.

They're available at Coggeshall Farm
Museum for $19.95 or if you're not in
the area they'll soon be available online! 

Next Meeting, August 21

Don't forget to come to the next
Harvest Fair Meeting!!

Monday Night
August 21st, @6:30pm

The Coffee Depot
501 Main Street
Warren, RI
401 694-0411
(across from India Restaurant)

See you there!

A LOT of Mucking!

A BIG(really big) thanks goes to all
those that helped 'muck out' the
sheep shed last Saturday (the 5th).
What was thought would take a couple
of weeks amazingly got done
in ONE day!!

Thank you to:
Our extraordinary lead volunteer -
who worked the entire day - Luis
(without whom we'd be lost).

...and other hard working
members of our volunteer 'dream-
team' (in order of appearance);

Early Morning Folks:
Mary + David,
and Monica,

Noon til' the bitter end:
Chelsey, Dwain + Marley,
and one of our newest volunteers,
Jennifer (who -through much ex-
perience gained working at a pig
sanctuary in Arizona- is a Pig Whisp-
erer extraordinaire)

It can't be stated enough how invalue-
able our volunteers are!!

And though there will be a separate
occasion to thank all those that are
currently taking time out of their
busy schedules to take turns with
the animal feedings etc. We would
also like to thank you (all) for the
wonderful show of support.

THANKS ONCE AGAIN!

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to remind folks of the Harvest Fair).

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Closed on Mondays for 'Good Reason'

Hi Everyone,

Current Hours for the farm are:

Tuesday through Sunday 10:00am-5:00pm

At which time only self-guided tours are avail-
able unless scheduled in advance until the
first week of September when someone will
again be on site full time.

We decided to close the farm on Mondays so
we can do non-historic repair/maintenance-
i.e. tractor ' cutting', weed whacking and the like.

This is also being designated as a day when those
volunteers that love to help out at the farm but
don't get all 'warm and fuzzy' over dressing in full
18th century garb can come on by throw on a yel-
low 'Coggeshall Farm' tee-shirt and get dirty!
(tee shirts are complimentary).

So all of you out there with that special skill,
that unsung talent that you know you have-
you excellent weed whackers, stump pullers
and barn muckers- come and join us...
THIS MONDAY'S for YOU !
( well, and of course, the Farm too ;0 )

Lauren

Harvest Fair

Approaching around the bend is the annual Harvest Fair
which takes place the 3rd weekend in September.

We'll be posting more info by the last week in August,
or so, as to which reenactors, craftspeople, musicians
and story-tellers (vendors and more!)will be sharing
their talents with us. 

Don't forget to check back as the date draws near !!

Collections

Greetings Members and non-Members alike!,

We are beginning the large undertaking of photo-
graphing and documenting many artifacts includ-
ing the Bornstein Tool Collection so that we can
organize various objects for display whether
online through photo albums - or at a later date
- on the Coggeshall Farm Museum premises.

While the tool collection has previously been
catalogued in print - We feel it would be a
great asset to photograph them so that those
without an extensive knowledge of tools can
gain an appreciation of what many of these
tools looked like and what they were used
for - and how essential some of them were
when hand-building was more a measure
of how well a family survived rather than
an afternoons hobby.

Please stay tuned for the creation and up-
dating of online photo albums.

Warm Regards,
Lauren Lake
President,
Coggeshall Farm Museum