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Girls Guide to Homesteadting

September 22 & 23, 2022

We can’t wait to welcome you to the farm for:

Girls Guide to Homesteading Weekend!

This weekend will provide you with all the information you need to get started homesteading! There is no greater joy than learning how to be self-sustainable!

 

Classes presented by local experts and Michele Broxton, founder of Girls Guide to Homesteading and owner of Ozark Farms.

 

Farm to table meals included for Friday dinner, Saturday breakfast, lunch and dinner. Class material and curriculum included. REGISTER BELOW

Chicken Farm

Classes Include

  • Preparing your Egg Laying Chickens for Winter + increasing egg production

  • Baking- Pies & Homemade Pasta

  • Canning/Freezing

  • Tractor & Chainsaw basics

  • Raising Beef Cattle / Buying Beef

  • Fence building + Maintenance

  • Heritage Family Recipes - Chicken + Dumplins

  • Homemade Laundry Soap + essential oil

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  • Goats - Care & Goat Milk Use

  • Milk Cow - Buying, Care, & How to Milk

  • Gardening - Seed Saving, Composting

  • Gardening - Putting your Garden to Bed

  • How to Back up a Trailer

  • Buying Your Homestead 

  • Transitioning to the Simple  Life

  • Homeschooling 101 

  • Homesteading Return on Investment

​** Courses may be subject to change

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Schedule

Organic Vegetables

Friday

1:00pm Greeting & Farm Wagon Tour

2:00pm Afternoon Session

6:30pm Dinner & Evening Session

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Saturday

8:00am Breakfast  

9:00am Morning Sessions

12:30pm Picnic Lunch

1:30pm Afternoon Sessions

4:00pm Afternoon Break

6:00pm Dinner and Closing Session

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Registration Information

Register for the event below. Optional accommodations available. Please read descriptions for details

The closest airports to Rolla, MO are Springfield or St. Louis.

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RV and Tent campers are welcome to book a site on our property!

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Other lodging options include:

Dream Weaver (5 minute drive)

Tiny Paradise on the Quarry (10 minute drive)

Jaded Glamping Retreat (15 minute drive)

Copper & Stone Cottage in St. James (20-25 minute drive)

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Holiday Inn Express

Comfort Suites

Fairfield Inn & Suites

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Travel Information & Additional LODGING

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