The Peasant's Manor Farm

The Story of a Christmas Candle and Stand

Posted on 26 November, 202426 November, 2024 by The Lord of The Manor

I have to begin with a piece of wood that has been milled from a locally harvested tree. Since I recover trees from a local dump, this means a pickup truck, a trailer, and a winch along with a chainsaw and various related tools. When I get a load of wood home, I then remove it from the trailer with a tractor, then put it on the sawmill and cut it according to the characteristics of each piece of wood, and whatever various projects I may have going at the time. There are always flat boards to be taken from every log. I usually cut those to an inch thick.

Poplar, is very common around here, and the logs are normally able to dry after cutting in just a few weeks, as it loses moisture faster than most other hardwoods. There is quite a pile out back of the mill that I have not been too careful with, learning as I go, and the boards on that pile have not been properly stacked and dried. As such, they have warped and cupped in every direction, and are not good for quite a lot of projects such as building furniture or working on the woodshed building. But I can still bring them into the shop, cut them down to size on the bandsaw, and hit them with hand planes and have small, flat boards of say, seven by fourteen inches. It’s usually best to bring these boards into the shop a few weeks before cutting them, to equalize moisture, and keep them dry of rain and snow. This will help to assure they are not going to move after they are cut down for indoor use.

With the little boards cut to random sizes that will fit into the Glowforge, I then pull up a design, or create a new one, and etch, score, or otherwise burn it into the surface of the wood. The design will include whatever elements are meant to be on the final project such as pictures or words, and the shape of any cuts or items to be adhered. In the case of a current Christmas candle stand, I have things like a gift box, a candy cane, holly leaves, a Christmas tree, and a pair of stocking on the arms of a star. “Merry Christmas circles the base of where the candle will stand. The shape of the star is etched, and so is the location of a little metal cup to hold a candle. When this is all etched onto the board, and as many of them as the surface of the board can hold, then it is back out to the workshop it goes.

I cut the shape of the star on the bandsaw. Then I chamfer down the edges a little bit with a block plane. This is going to keep the bandsaw cuts from splintering at the edges. The sides of the cut are pretty smooth, and while they are not perfect, it shows a little bit of the markings from the teeth of the saw, and I kind of like that as the finished product is not meant to look machine finished. It is to appear handmade, in fact. Now is a fine time to apply the finish to the wood. That can be linseed oil and beeswax, or just linseed or tongue oil. Once this is applied, the little tin cup that holds a 3/4-inch standard taper candle is added, and the project is complete.

As a separate project, I pour hot beeswax into colonial styled tin candle molds and produce six-inch-tall candles. One of these is placed in the cup and will be sold as a complete unit for $9.95 each at the Christmas Fayre’s we go to in the next weeks.

I am happy with the final product as far as how it appears and how it is finished for the price I have set for it. I can make them fairly fast, and even though a laser printer demands it be babysat while it burns for safety reasons, I am able to hand dip more taper candles to sell in my online shop or at the Fayre while I do that. The laser and the candle making are all in one room. At $9.95, nothing requires a particularly fine finish, so the work is fairly minimal. The results as such are a little rustic, and the markings of a handmade product are, I think, part of the charm. Also, a selling feature here in Cache Valley is the fact the wood comes from here. Nothing has been done by a random stranger, or worse, a child in any Asian country. Once the wood of a tree is picked up by me at the local dump, it is completely handled by me, an adult being a productive member of the Cache Valley economy. A couple of my larger tools I admit have come from Asia. My hand tools are almost all made right here in the United States of America, specifically Warren Maine. My beeswax is sourced from Connecticut. I cannot honestly say off the top of my head where the candle cups, the screws, or the washers they require come from. Like the laser I use, probably they are parts that have come from Asia.

I mention everything in the last paragraph as a matter of full disclosure. I don’t want the Asian sourced items to diminish the fact that the work done to create and assemble the products I make are done here in America, by someone who is working from their own home, a little farmhouse in Idaho, and not even in a factory-like setting. I manage my own time, and make sure I get my breaks, and that I am not over worked. I have bought and paid for my own workshop, and it is laid out to my satisfaction and my own safety is my own responsibility. As my own investor, I am responsible only to me for my own returns, part of which is money, and part of it is the satisfaction I get from doing the work. A final part of it is being able to make this report to you, my customer, and I hope it helps you to understand what you have bought, and what has been done to make it. I also hope it adds to the humanity of your handmade candle and stand, and that shares a little light in your world, as it does in mine, because in the end, that is my final goal.

Thanks for visiting and learning about me and my goals in making this little candle stand and candle for you.

Kelsey J Bacon

The Peasant’s Manor Farm

Preston, Idaho, USA

Our farmhouse dates back to about 1907-1908 when it was built by the Whittle Family. We are proud to carry on the tradition of hard work and rural economy as we work to make the best things we can for you. We hope you enjoy our creativity and the process by which we make the things we do, and we enjoy making you a part of it all through sharing how we work to do what we do.

The Whittle Family and their dog in about May of 1916, posing in front of the house after completing the second half of it, effectively doubling the size of the home. In those days, a house was built in sections as it could be afforded, and as the family grew. The front end of the gable on the left was the original house, and the porch and gable on the right is the addition. The Photo is flanked with Bertha on the Left, and William on the right, and their children at the time. It is a mere moment in history captured about 108 years before this writing. I share this as a part of claiming the American Identity.

A Word of Warning on Goats

Posted on 24 November, 2024 by The Lord of The Manor

I am offering a somewhat trivial bit of advice on goats, and it is one you cannot tell about those born on your farm till they come along. But when shopping, be aware of the noises they make. When they are born, be aware of the noises they make. Here is what I mean.

We just sold two goats. One was a black and white that was in fact born on our farm. Of all the goats we have, she was the one that made the most awful noise when she called. And she called a lot, especially when she got hungry. All of the other goats call out in a machinegunning Ba-a-a-a-a-a. Not little Oreo, as we called her. Hers was more of a BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Every time. It was a wail of the dying.

And what did that do to my nerves? I mean, maybe you can handle that kind of thing. But I could not. The others are fine, and I can deal with the sound of their calls. But that one always made it sound like she had been starved for days on end, or being tortured. Even though I was quite content I was treating her perfectly fine, I felt like she was offended by my treatment of her, or that the neighbors might think the worst because of her crying sound.

I went out to feed the goats tonight, and the calls were mere small ‘baas.’ It was fairly quiet, and peaceful. I had a calm and quiet time out there, and they did not stress me in the least.

I know this may seem kind of silly, but it is a thing, and maybe if you find yourself in possession of such a goat, and you find yourself stressed because of it, it is time to put it up for sale. Having someone acting like you are a jerk every time you do them right can be an unnecessary supply of stress.

Managing Our Trees

Posted on 24 November, 2024 by The Lord of The Manor

The tractor and I got to work on cleaning the tree debris up from the back yard yesterday. The wind kicked up and I could not take down the remaining trunk safely, so it was a fine time to get at the cleaning and taking out everything that was in the way already. This way, when I do get the last bit down, it will be that much easier to manage that.

This old poplar tree was planted by my grandmother when she moved into the house back in 2000. It grew fast, and shaded a decent little portion of the yard, so when it came time to put some pens in the yard, it was an attractive natural shelter for the placement of one of the pens. It turned out to be a bit of a mistake to put the goats in there. When the goats would get hungry, they lived to reach up and eat from whatever leaves they could reach. But eventually they ate from the bark of the trunk of the tree, and that killed it. Trees are basically dead in the heartwood, and the living portion is the sapwood, which is the outer few inches of the mass of the tree, and that bark is protecting it. With the bark eaten away, that thin living layer is exposed, and I would imagine loses moisture there, and basically cuts off the rest of the tree. But whatever is the actual cause, this tree was left dead standing, and is already dry and ready to burn as I cut it.

I am thrilled to open this portion of the yard. The tree was too close to the house for its size. It was in fact also too close to the barn, and the sheds we have put in. It was in a pretty bad spot for a full grown tree, though I imagine it seemed fine when it was planted. But that’s how it goes with trees. People seem to put them in when they are small and don’t think of how big they will get, or how their removal will be managed, or even how to manage their growth as they grow. There are trees all about that are planted right below power lines, and have to be butchered at peril to live and limb as they approach the lines. I refuse to put a tree under any of the power lines that traverse our property. It makes no sense to do it. There should be something like fifty feet between the trunk and the land straight below the line. Otherwise there is risk of fire, power outages, and the lives of tree cutters and linemen who have to come and work these dangers. That’s my rant about it. Maybe I should send it to Lewis Black.

We have five shade trees remaining on the property now. Two are tiny walnut trees that are taking a very long time to grow. One is a maple tree I planted for my wife one Mother’s Day. One is a cedar that remains in the back of the house, and is the last of the old trees from before we moved here in 2o12. The largest is a willow in the front yard that we planted some seven years ago or so. It seemed like the dirt there was moist, and it would have the opportunity to grow well. I was fairly well spaced from the water line, and as long as we keep it under control, well enough from the house and the garage. But I will have to control it, and top it to prevent it from becoming massive, and endangering them towards the end of its life. I am planning to do a good cut on it this winter and cut away a few of the lower large branches to raise the height of the canopy for shade and space under it. Right now, there is not room to walk under it. I am fairly insistent that a tree can be walked under, especially if there is a path there, without having to duck to avoid injury. But that’s another one of my rants. As to the height, I know Missus wants that controlled so the tree does not overwhelm the house. It is growing well to shape the canopy so it does not lean towards the house or garage, so should it fall, it goes towards the road or the open part of the front yard. It is still a ways from the road, so that prevents any danger there.

It is obvious from this description that the yard around our house is large enough to manage a tree they way I believe it should be. So many houses these days are not built to manage a tree at all. So for all of my rants and complaining, none of it applies to those places where all hope of beauty and shade is lost where my general rules just won’t work at all. That is where I think I’d say the heck with it, and put the tree in anyway.

Among my five-tree count for our property, I left out the Aspen stand that is at the back corner of the house. We have a space of about forty-feet square that we have Aspen trees trying to grow. It is working out a little way from the house. But the insurance company somehow saw that we had a couple of trees growing next to the house, and they touched the metal roof with their leaves. So, they sent me a letter threatening to drop our insurance if we don’t remove them. The trees were barely taller than the bottom of the roofline, and in no real danger of damaging the house if they fell. They only brushed the bottom of the roof in the wind. Ridiculous! But I cut them down, and we are left alone to pay our premiums and never ever make a claim. That is what I found really insulting about the threat. We have carried this insurance for years and never made a claim. I also hated how they took control of my yard in that way. I used to live to sit in the room at that part of the house and watch the shadows of the trunk and leaves on the window blind as the sun set that side.

There is a lot to experience with trees, and ours include apple trees that are not meant for shade. They are dwarf trees that are planted in a sort of orchard area on the northwest corner of the acre property the house is on. There are apple and plumb trees there. They have not been adequately productive to enjoy apples yet. Last winter I trimmed them properly for the first time because they were finally large enough to begin to manage without killing them. I’ll do the same again this year, taking greater care to try to cut them for fruit growth and less for tree growth. There are certain branches that are fruiting, and ones that are left to shape them. Obviously, I will shape them all, but I would like to see the larger ones growing some fruit. We had more apples come from them this year than any before. But we did not have ones large enough to really eat.

We have an old apple tree that stands apart from the orchard. It is affectionately ‘the old apple tree.’ It always produces black and diseased apples. I wonder if it can be saved. I don’t know fruit trees well enough. I trimmed it last winter, and it was in much better shape to grow fruit, and it did. I will try again this year, and see what I can salvage of it. It is a tree that has not been managed at all till then. It used to stand in a horse pasture till we arranged the fences differently. It is a wonder it survived at all through that. I guess my hope is that I can trim it for health, and give it a chance to fight off the disease, but I doubt trees work that way at all. I will see if I can get to to be productive though, as it is as good of practice as any that I get it to do it.

We have many trees on our place. They are almost all pretty small. There are only a couple that are big enough to create shade now. The biggest is the one that is lay between where it stood and the door of the woodstove. The oldest is ‘the old apple tree.’ They all have their purpose, and all create a bit of joy and will eventually create even more. They are not set to create headaches where they are as they grow to their fullness. And that alone makes me very happy.

Tree Progress

Posted on 22 November, 2024 by The Lord of The Manor

It was a close call. I thought I could get a notch to one side, then cut the other and get it to fall to the west. It closed on the gap on the east. There was no way it was going the direction I needed it to. And any more cutting and I think it would fall to the house. I got the chain on the big branch and was trying to figure out how to properly pull it the side I wanted without losing control of it. Then Missus came out and we talked, and she was the one that came up with the idea of pulling through the tree and lifting the branch up. That worked a treat. It lifted the branch, proving my point that the thing was very close to breaking. It came up and I then lowered it down as slow as I could. The lever broke on the tree, and the whole thing fell, but not near as far as it would have, and I think as the lever broke, the bottom of the branch came closer to the tree, making sure the far reaching bis were further from the house and sheds, preventing damage there.

I have cut all but the big center bit of the tree and will do that tomorrow. It should be easy to fell in the direction I want it to go. But I will have to be elevated to do it. Once it is down, I will have to figure out the stump.

My biggest plan for today was to keep from ending up a Darwin Award. I felt like it was heading that way, and I stressed. Missus came out and gave me an idea that I was not thinking of at all, and it worked. I did not go off the ground and end up in trouble there. I just need to get this last bit down safely. If I can do that and not become a statistic, I think I have got this, lickety-split! And no more worries about the tree falling on anybody.

Trees and More

Posted on 22 November, 2024 by The Lord of The Manor

I took occasion yesterday to get in the tractor and warm it up, then bowl over the old dog pen that is out in the middle of the yard. It got dark before I finished the task, so there is work remaining today. But it sure is coming along pretty easy, which is great! There used to be goats living there, and they left such a mess that I could not access with the tractor that in some places there was approaching a foot deep in hay debris. Obviously, I am pulling up great compost now. Once the rest of the fencing is down on the far side of the big tree in the middle of the pen, then the tree will come down. It is a poplar tree and it is fully grown. The goats ate the bark off it, and now it is almost completely dead. Call that the last tree in the middle of the yard! I intend for the whole yard to be open and clear for a lawn and room for grandkids to run free.

Speaking of grandkids, we have had both of the newborn granddaughters by this week, and it has been a wonder of a time! I have really enjoyed it! It’s lovely to have little babies around. I love kids, because they are not all screwed up by adulthood! Humans in as pure a form as we can ever get them on this planet. Every little thing people do to try to read in the self-help section, or learn in a church, or go to therapy for, or visit the cinema to watch, is just some means of getting them back to the state these little ones are in. That’s what I love about kids. They are just naturally in that state of open minded-ness, and acceptance of what is going on, perfect imagination, and a willingness to explore, unencumbered by all the stresses of everything that is wrong with the world. I know this is not entirely true for every little one, and I curse the people who make that so. But this week I have enjoyed thoroughly the presence of two who are still pure.

Meanwhile, the father of one and I went to check out the tree-getting situation down where I pick up firewood. I have heard folks all up in a panic because there are fees being applied to those dumping off green waste down at the dump. I worried there would be fees imposed on us picking up tree trunks for our winter heating and hobbies, but alas, it is not to be. They will remain open and free to those removing such from the dumping grounds. We picked up a truckload of wood and talked about what we could do to run a firewood business from there. It really comes down to him getting a trailer and me bringing the tractor down to lift logs onto it.

So, that was yesterday. The sun will come up here soon, and I want to get the rest of that fence up and out of the yard, ready to send away into the somewhere or another that is not where it is now. I want this yard completely cleared before we get our permanent snowfall and freeze on it till April or May. That way, it can begin to repair itself and get itself ready for the lawn to grow back. In my experience it takes two years, and a person will not be able to tell that there was ever anything there at all.

When I rode up from the tree-getting yesterday I found Missus on her way out the door and the neighbor there at the side of the yard, and when I wondered what was up, Missus said he was over to get the goats. Two of our does our off to a new adventure for the price of a large six-string bale of hay each. This will take a bite out of the hay budget for this year, which is a relief I welcome! I want this farm down to just useful animals and not pets. We have so many cats and three dogs, and half a dozen llamas and then there are the goats. Yet despite all this, we still feed mice, and all of the afore listed. I am happy to have the llamas and I’d be happy to have some better help with them come shearing time and such. Since that is difficult, I want the whole farm to be easy as can be otherwise. Why should I be stressing over animal care I can’t get help with?

The tree that I have to cut down is too close to several of our buildings. I may be back on here later telling of disaster. Besides, when does amateur tree cutting ever go right? I’ll do everything I can to refrain from being up on a ladder against the tree. I think there are a couple of branches I can take to narrow the tree and shift its weight. Then I think I can trunk cut it and take the whole remaining down in a whole chunk, so long as I can fell it in the correct direction. I’ll need to sharpen the blade first because I hit the ground on the far side of a log yesterday at the dump. If I don’t ever post again, this whole job went sideways. Here goes something.

Candles and Things for Fayre

Posted on 19 November, 2024 by The Lord of The Manor

Yesterday and today, I have been busy making candles and today I prototyped a candle holder for Christmas. I have it saved and ready to make for next year, too. But for now, I am happy with the design of it, and will certainly be making some to sell at the markets we attend in the next couple of weeks. Maybe it will go over well, and maybe it won’t at all. But I am certain that the more I do with the candles, the more I am liking what I am doing with them, and the more I’d like to!

The cup hooks we have permanently installed in the molding over the stairs for Christmas stockings have found a new use as I hang hand dipped candles there till it is time to select what will go to market. I am doing two different lengths of birthday candles, and some 9- to 10-inch-tall tapers. I am happy with them that they certainly look hand dipped. Neatness is not the goal at the moment so much as just getting the candles to look rustic and of a Colonial American period. After all, that is what I want of everything I make in the candle business.

I have a good lot of tin molded candles ready to go already. They do fit in the candle holders better, but they also have a different appearance than the hand dipped. I don’t use a weight on the dipping ends of my wicks, so they wicks begin to build up a bit of wax, and I straighten them while they are still fairly warm. I like the look of the finished products, that way, where they are more organic in shape.

The candle holder is a star I shaped on the laser cutter, then added some festive decorations. The whole thing is etched into a board, then I cut the shape out on the bandsaw, as the wood is too thick to cut with the laser. Again, it adds an organic shape to the wood, and I think, completes the old-time look of the stand.

The wood star with a cup set in place atop the laser etcher as it works on a second copy. I plan to have several ready for the markets coming up, and will also put some online, I’m sure, as well as in the shop, if Missus has space and will allow!

The star with the candle cup affixed and a candle in it. This is the final product that I think I would like to sell at $6.95 and $9.95 with a candle included, which would normally be $3.75 on its own.

Careful work at the saw leaves a satisfactory finish, then I coat the wood with an mix of oil and beeswax before I put in the screw and washer that hold the candle cup to the wood, for a final product. I am designing a new star now that is not Christmas themed, but more America and the Fourth of July themed. I also have a medallion that I would like to try on a square board. There was a fair bit of waste in the prototype board, but bear in mind, it was lay on the ground outside, and while I grabbed it out of convenience, I was really happy with the finish left by a little hand plane work. It is pretty stable and looks just how I wanted it to!

This is a fairly easy project to do, especially with the laser involved to help imprint design elements and to score or etch the outline of the shape of the final product. It does take a fair bit of time to whack together, and that is where the cost comes from. I may still be estimating it cheap even at $6.95. A final decision is to come, or I will settle on what I have already guessed.

Lakota the Billy Goat Has Died

Posted on 13 November, 2024 by The Lord of The Manor

I fed the goat last night, of that, I am sure. He was fine. He made noises no worse than his usual, but something about him has been bothering me, and I could not put my finger on it. He seemed a little more mellow over the last few months than when we first got him, that’s for sure. But yesterday there was something else. Maybe more noise with no apparent reason? That might have bene what was bothering me. He had his food and water. But when I went to feed him today, I got the pitchfork full and turned and walked to his pen, only to see he was lay on his side. He never lays on his side. All was quiet. I knew right then. I yelled over to the other side of the pens where my oldest daughter was feeding the dog that lives next to the goat, and she walked over, looked, then grabbed a loose t-post that was laying on the ground outside the pen and poked him with it. “Yep! He’s dead alright!”

After feeding all the other hay out, I got a chain and changed the hay fork off the tractor and put on the bucket. I used the chain around his horns to life him out of the pen, then got him into the bucket. That’s where he will stay tonight. Tomorrow, after I have taken the girls to school, I will dump the goat on the pack of the pasture across the street, far from the neighbor’s house so he doesn’t cause a stench and leave him where I can find him again next year. He will no doubt lay out all winter in the cold and remain preserved in the ice and snow. But come next spring, the bugs will come out and clean his bones and especially his skull up good. I intend to hang that on the end of the granary when it is sorted. I’ve been planning this from when he was young and drove me nuts with his attitude. I admit that lately he was been a lot easier for me to deal with, and I have even kind of liked the guy quite a bit. I am bummed about his dying. But that ain’t going to stop me having a wicked decoration on the outbuilding.

There was a time I would not have thought of doing such a thing. But those days are long past now. After all, he who deals in livestock also deals in dead-stock. I have had a lot of animals come through here. And now-a-days I don’t see it much different to breaking a wishbone from a bird anyhow. We do what we have become comfortable with.

The silver lining in all this is that I have less hay feeding to worry about over the winter. Oh, and I will try the beagles in his pen to see if they can bear to live next to the border collie that has lived next to the goat that just died. If they can, then I finally have a place for the dogs to live away from the bottom of the tree that died in the middle of the back yard, ironically from the goats that once lived there and ate the bark away from the trunk of the tree. I want to remove that dog pen at the tree trunk and then remove the tree. It is going to be dangerous soon and possibly cause some damage to our outbuildings. I want that down, and the yard opened up in time for when these new grandkids of ours come over and want to run free in the back yard. A big open yard will be a pleasant change from what we did to it all those years ago when we put that pen into it. I want to fence off the yard, too, to keep the kids where they can be found easily, and out from things like my sawmill and driveways. So, yeah, this has a silver lining in it, even though I am genuinely sad the old guy has left us.

It’s 8:30PM now. Time for me to read for the evening, then off to bed. I am not feeling as well as I would like to be. So I am going to try to sleep it off and hope for a better day tomorrow.

Laser Burning Imagery

Posted on 12 November, 2024 by The Lord of The Manor

I spent time today working with the Glowforge doing some laser art on wood. I used a two-inch-thick piece of poplar that measured about 10×12 inches. I tried a few different speed and power settings before I settled on a setting that came out really good for anything that should be displayed indoors. On that final setting I could hardly feel the depth of the burn on the wood. But to burn it any deeper than that to make it more suited to outdoor display I lose detail on the object I was burning into this particular block of wood. And on that note, I burned a copy of the farm’s business sign, and even a photograph. Both came out great! I think I could over-burn the wood and lose detail for something that is intended to be displayed outside, as it would likely also need to be a lot larger. I’ll need to mess about with that, but I think it is best to do something on a larger piece, and to do it, it should be done on the big laser.

So that was a step today. I think I will try doing one of my own photographs for the next photo test burn and put it onto a specifically sized piece of wood, maybe 12×16 inches. Once I standardize that, I can look at offering photos burned like that as an item to sell. It could be interesting.

So that is the workday I had today. I didn’t earn anything. But I did learn some things. I have some experimenting to do.

Markets and Candlemaking

Posted on 11 November, 2024 by The Lord of The Manor

Today I made a bunch of colonial candles. I am pretty happy with the results. of 36 of them, I took four away because they gave me a little trouble coming out of the mold. It has been a couple of months since I made any colonial candles, so it was a little rough trying to remember all the tricks I have worked out for the process. I will check them over once more before I set this batch aside to sell. I’d like to fill a wax box completely before I set the molds aside again.

I am also working on a few pinecone candles and will likely put a few more Christmas Tree candles in the box soon. I have a couple of pre-Christmas markets to be ready for. One will be here in Preston, and the other down in Smithfield. Look for Antiquary Artisan there!

Festival of Gifts

Preston Senior Center

Friday, November 29, 10:00AM – 4:00PM

Christmas Craft Fair

Smithfield Library Parking Lot

Monday, December 2, 5:30PM – 8:30PM

If you are in Cache Valley, please stop on by! There will be many other vendors there as well, supporting the local economy.

And finally, we went to the Market meeting tonight to find out about the plans for next year. Preston Farmer’s Market will be moved to Franklin City and begin July 5th and go every Saturday till October 18th. The Market will be open from 10:00AM till 1:00PM. There will also be “Festivals” in Preston at the normal location, and normal time from 5:00PM till 8:00PM. The Festivals will be held on 6/25, 7/16, 8/6, 8/27, 9/17, 10/8, and 10/29. The Festivals will have children’s booths available.

At the moment we are thinking we will attend all of the events above; however, we do need to confirm that. On our end, they are quite a bit more expensive to attend than this year has been, and yet they are reasonable compared to what many other market fees run. There is no reason not to do both Wednesdays and Saturdays that we can think of at the moment. I am eager to see how the new location will affect the traffic. We are also excited to continue to get to know the other local producers and crafts folk in the area.

In an unusual twist of fate, I wrote this the other day and closed my computer without publishing it. So, I think it has been sat here since Thursday! I’ll publish, then start a new post!

Making Candles / Come to the Markets!

Posted on 7 November, 2024 by The Lord of The Manor