I went to the M.E.N fair & all you get is...

What? Did you really think I would forget about all of you while I was away? Not only did I bring back gifts for my little ones and a few friends, I got 1 lucky winner this:

No. Not the one our model is wearing. You get your very own Anvil Organic cotton Mother Earth News Fair t-shirt! (in a Mens large size) with a matching M.E.N fair Bandanna you can wipe that garden sweat off with or share with someone else. You will also receive a packet each Organic Sugar baby watermelon & Baby Bam Pie pumpkin seeds from High Mowing Organic seeds.
A Second winner will receive a Mother Earth News fair bandanna & their Practical DIY projects Volume 2 CD-Rom
No worries. The above is for the grand prizes, but EVERYONE (O.K more like 2o of you) will receive your very own packets of Sugar baby watermelon & Baby Bam pie pumpkin seeds from High Mowing Organic Seeds!

And if you are placing an order with them BEFORE 11/1/10, I can hook you up with free shipping. Valid for 1 free shipping only per household. Coupon code is good for 1 time use. Will not be permitted for public site sharing.
The M.E.N Fair items were made possible by our very good friends over at Mother Earth News magazine/Ogden Publications. The seeds were made possible by Storey Publications (books for Country living since 1983) via Mowing High seeds. A Major Thank you goes out to all these great people who made this giveaway possible.

While at the event, I was rather intrigued by the top bar hives at the Bees landing booth. Although beautiful, I knew there was no way I could talk the Captain into a home for bees that would cost about $400. But, it did have me searching out top bar beehive plans on the net. I found this great and easy how to that I know someone I may recruit to help with the project in late Fall. (cough..cough..Chris..cough) We may just have our very own bees in the Spring!

So lets have a look at just a few other interesting finds from our initial tour of the big event on Saturday:

An outdoor brick oven built by Squirreltailoven.org

They build new or repair, "save" old brick style ovens. Check out their gallery, at link above, for more pictures.

These beautiful massive Draft horses were visiting with their handlers from

Firth Maple Products. They are utilized in the method of Horse logging. You can read more of the less soil impact logging on their site, linked above. They also do occasional demo's. Contact them for more information.

And check out this rain barrel! The owner painted the plastic barrel a neutral creme tan. Laid large fern fronds on it, then spray painted the dark green, leaving the barrel with perfect fern outlines. Great & inspiring idea for those of us who have those bright blue barrels and would like a way to make them not so much of an eye sore.

More of the weekends event coming soon. I am still going through all the footage...and still more to download.

To enter the giveaway above, leave a comment to this post BUT you are only eligible if there is a way to contact you through your profile/blog. Sorry guys. Gotta have a way to contact if ya win. You have until 9 am on October 04, 2010 to enter. Stay tuned for an upcoming (in October) Artisan bread video segment. Want a teaser? There will be a giveaway in the video, which will have 2 winners of a very cool prize like the item I use in the segment!

Best of luck to all who enter tonight's giveaway.

Sweet Dreams,

~Tammie