3 Invitations to Home the Land Built

Sept 22                 Open House Celebration

Oct 6                      2012 MN SolarTour

Sept 9                   Dinner on the Farm

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Open House Celebratory Bash  Saturday, Sept 22    Noon to 5 pm

You’re Invited to Home the Land Built!!!

Scrumptious food featuring farm to table, seasonal ingredients

(Including vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free options)

Catered by Winona’s Blue Heron Coffeehouse

Schell’s beer, wine and nonalcoholic beverages

Music, off-grid home and prairie tours, fun

Ritual of blessing at 3 pm

You bring walking shoes, binoculars and good wishes

Experience our “off-grid, rainwater harvesting, masonry heated, composting toilet” home

Walk the mowed paths of our 62 acre prairie and pasture

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Solar Home Tour              Saturday Oct 6   10AM to 4PM

“Sponsored by the Minnesota Renewable Energy Society (MRES), the self-guided, public Minnesota Solar Tour features 50+ exemplary homes, businesses, and institutions that have incorporated renewable energy into the design and operation of their buildings. From geothermal heat pumps using the earth as a huge thermal buffer to wind turbines elegantly spinning in the breeze and the many incarnations of solar energy between earth and sky, this event offers local residents an opportunity to find out how their neighbors are trimming their energy bills, increasing their energy independence, and taking steps to address global warming. This is an excellent opportunity for those interested in solar and other renewable energies to view installations and talk with building owners, builders, architects, and planners about their experiences.”

We’re proud to be on this free tour.  See SE07 Home the Land Built on the Solar Tour Site Map. If Home the Land Built is too far away, visit a few others.

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Dinner on the Farm        Sunday Sept 9      2PM   Farm of Lonnie and Sandy Dietz

OK, so this isn’t exactly at Home the Land Built.  But it is a gathering at our wonderful veggie-providing neighbors, the Dietz’s.  Informal tours starting at noon, dinner to be served at 2pm. Food prepared by the Blue Heron Coffee House, Winona MN, sourced from Whitewater Gardens and other farms located within 50 miles. Music by the Dorothy Daydreamers. Proceeds this year going to Farm to School programs. Tickets only $50.

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How to RSVP

To attend the solar tour, follow site instructions.  If you’re interested in attending the Open House or Dinner on the Farm, and have not already RSVP’d, please comment below.  Thanks and hope to see you soon!