Harvest on the Homestead: Apples

Celebrate fall with us at this month’s Living History Saturdays! Learn about the Carolina Piedmont’s agricultural heritage through activities people historically did during the harvest season to prepare for winter. Each week will have a different harvest-time theme. This week’s theme is apples.

On-going activities

• 18th century foodways: “Pumpkin Stuffed with Apples” and “Carolina Snowballs”
• 19th century foodways: “Apple Roll” and “Sauce for this Roll”
• Food preservation

Timed activities

• Animal Feeding at 10:30 a.m.
• Site Tour at 2 p.m.

Upcoming Saturdays

Oct.11 – Plowshares Into Swords – Living History Saturday

Oct. 18 – Harvest on the Homestead: Cotton

Oct. 25 – Harvest on the Homestead: Pumpkins & Spice