Heirloom Apple Tasting and Baking Contest
Taste heirloom apple varieties the grocery store has never heard of, then see who wins the baking contest, with prizes from King Arthur Baking. Apples sold by the pound.
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36th Annual Farmstead Fair
Games, craft vendors, birds of prey, farm animals, live music and the Attic Treasures sale spread across thirteen acres of eighteenth century farmland. Admission and parking cost nothing.
36th Annual Farmstead Fair
A full day on the grounds of the 1704 house: the Attic Treasures sale, Summit Hill Bluegrass, living historians, pumpkin decorating, a Raptor Jawn birds of prey demonstration, cooking in the 1790 kitchen and a Dock Street beer garden. Free.
Book Talk: When the Declaration of Independence Was News
Historian Emily Sneff on how word of the Declaration actually traveled in 1776, from printers to soldiers to translators. Reception and book sales afterward in the bank barn education center. Tickets $10, or $8 for members.
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Rice's Market (Tuesdays)
Thirty acres of flea market, farm stands and antique dealers going since the 1870s. Gates at 7am and it thins out by midday, so come early and bring cash.
Executive Scramble
Nine simulated holes before work with a rotating cast of local business people. Ninety minutes, no handicap required, and the point is the conversation between shots as much as the golf.
Autumn Avian Adventures: Murmuration & Migrations
A guided morning walk across Stroud's meadows and woods hunting migrating songbirds, raptors and waterfowl. Bring binoculars. Registration goes through Natural Lands, and the preserve itself is free.
