Waters Farm Open House
Waters Farm will hold an Open House on Sunday, June 9, 2024. Please see the scheduled times for the various activities. The farm is located at 53 Waters Road in Sutton, MA. Admission to the Open House activities is free and open to the public.
The Antique Farm Tractor Pull competition will begin at 10:00 a.m. and last until finished. Registration begins at 9:00 a.m., and a fee is required for all pullers. Participants and spectators are welcome. To participate in the tractor pull, contact Kelly Oosterman via the Waters Farm Tractor Pull Facebook page (www.facebook.com/groups/280836525706793/).
From 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. the following activities will be ongoing.
Food is available for purchase from Joey D’s Wingz & Thingz. Enjoy homemade macaroni & cheese, pulled pork, and assorted wingz flavors.
Guests can view the newly restored hearths and beehive oven in the North kitchen and dining room during their tour of the 1757 Waters farmhouse. You are invited to stop by the Peddler Shop located behind the farmhouse before or after their house tour to purchase various Waters Farm memorabilia.
Our resident blacksmith, Dan Soucy, will be in the Cornelius Putnam Blacksmith Shop demonstrating metal smithing on the forge. Dan has an extensive collection of antique tools on display.
Kent Stowe from Hawk Hill Orchards will share his fruit tree expertise, and Ed Ritzer, member of the Waters Farm Board of Directors, will demonstrate how to graft a Sutton Beauty apple tree. These apples were first bred by the Waters familyand cultivated for decades at Waters Farm for shipment to far off destinations.
Harvey Blythe, of “It’s Only Chemistry”, will “bee” at Waters Farm to share his honeybee expertise including how to plan a beelining outing. Bee lining, also known as “bee coursing” or “bee hunting”, is the practice of following a honeybee back to its nest in order to locate a feral bee colony in a tree.
Rachel Goclawski, of “Cooking with Mrs. G” and a member of the Waters Farm Board of Directors, will provide foraging and natural food product demonstrations.
Kathy Desjardin from the American Chestnut Association, will be discussing the recent success that has been made in repopulating chestnut trees in New England. The Farm’s three saplings have thrived for the past couple of years.
Always a favorite, The Sutton Preservationist 4-H Club youth will bring some of their animal projects to show off. Experience hands-on grooming, petting and photos.
As an all-volunteer, 501(c)3 nonprofit living history center, Waters Farm Preservation, Inc. is always looking for more volunteers to share their time and expertise. Learn more about the farm by visiting our website, www.watersfarm.org, and Facebook page, www.facebook.com/WatersFarmPreservationInc/.
