Animal Harvesting Classes

• Learn to respectfully and humanely process poultry, rabbits, goats and other animals with our experienced instructors

• Receive one of our animals to process and take home

• Gain the experience and confidence you need to successfully butcher animals at home on your own

• Various Mondays or by appointment throughout the year, 9 am - 1 pm +/-

• Open to adults or youth with parent consent

• $75 per class

• email HawthornHealsTheHeart@gmail.com to register

Horse-drawn Power Basics

• Learn the basics of using draft ponies on a working farm

• Duke and Dolly (and Alexia) are experienced teachers.

• Appreciate horses and history in new ways

• 2-hour private session covering harnessing, hitching, and basic commands.  Discount for a 10-class package.

• Open to adults or youth with parent consent

• $75 per class for up to 2 people at a time

• Email HawthornHealsTheHeart@gmail.com to schedule

• Get ready for a really fun post-petroleum future!

Garden and Homestead Consulting

• We help you truly grow food that sustains you 

• Our consulting is based on lived experience as well as significant research into soil health.  We get over 80% of our calories from our own plants and animals

• We look for ways to save you time and money

• $50/hour for phone consultation, $60/hour in-person

• Practical, honest, compassionate advice designing systems that work for you

• Email HawthornHealsTheHeart@gmail.com to schedule

• Get ready for a delicious future!

Home Fermenting & Sauerkraut

• Celebrate and preserve home-grown harvests with fermenting

• Receive freshly harvested Hawthorn Farm vegetables to make your own take-home ferment from start to finish

• Taste our previously made seasonal ferments

• Gain experience and recipes to successfully ferment at home

• Various days throughout the autumn harvest; 9 am - 1 pm +/-

• Open to all ages. Limited spots available for social distancing

• $75 per class

• email HawthornHealsTheHeart@gmail.com to register