Our fruit brandy distillation workshop was held today. We limited the class size to 14 so all people could fit comfortably in the distillery and have a chance to participate in the process. Participants attended a lecture and spent the remaining time distilling grappa or grape brandy. … [Read more...] about Fruit Brandy Distillation Workshop
We held the annual Pruning Workshop on Saturday March 6 this year. Twenty participants arrived in the early morning cold south breeze to learn how to prune fruit crops. We formed two groups, one to start with apples and peaches and the other group began with blueberries and grapes, then we switched. All respondents to the evaluation said they had an excellent experience. … [Read more...] about John Avery Demonstrates Pruning a Peach Tree
Although the home winemaking workshop was held in Springfield on December 2 instead of Mountain Grove this year, I decided to include this group shot in our blog. Here are the 31 attendees as well as presenters eating a delicious lunch at the Union Club. … [Read more...] about Home winemaking workshop
Clint Elmore, an undergraduate horticulture student at Missouri State, presented "Two Vegetable Farmers’ First Look at Flowers" along with Rusty Lee, his summer internship mentor/employer, at our Cut Flower Workshop held at Mountain Grove yesterday. Dr. Clydette Alsup-Egbers was in the audience along with other horticulture students to help shore him up. He gave an excellent … [Read more...] about Elmo shines at cut flower workshop