From the Old Grindstone
Ross Farm MuseumRoss Farm staff will be on hand today to demonstrate toll sharpening techniques using a grindstone. They will show what tools can be sharpened using the grindstone, and the proper way to use this device.
Ross Farm staff will be on hand today to demonstrate toll sharpening techniques using a grindstone. They will show what tools can be sharpened using the grindstone, and the proper way to use this device.
Plant Walk: Recalling Our Herbal Wisdom is a Free Workshop offered by Rural Roots Market, with herbal practitioner Jeanette Poirier. July 14, 2-4:00pm This workshop is aimed to recall old plant remedies we were taught or heard our elders talking about. Together we will make something to eat or drink from one or more of...Read more >
At the Ross Farm, you can hear the roar of the saws and the smell of the freshly cut spruce and balsam fir as the mill produce barrel staves and heads for our cooperage shop.
New this summer is a "How To" series where New Ross community members share their expertise. Learn how to do or make something and take it home! The How To's are held 9-10am on Sundays before the market opens. Presenters will bring all the materials you need to make the How To happen. To learn...Read more >
Join the New Ross Historical Society on June 26, 7:30pm in the Hearth Room at the Ross Farm. Wendy G. Robicheau is an Archivist at Acadia University. For the past five years she has been investigating Acadia's role in the First World War. This research has revealed many surprising details not only about the men...Read more >
In the spring of 1817 Daniel McKay, became the first blacksmith in Sherbrooke (New Ross). The blacksmith shop, with its collection of tools played an important role in this settlement. This weekend come to Ross Farm Museum and learn why the balcksmith was such an important part of the community and why they remained so...Read more >
Before the arrival of machines, work that was too hard for man was carried out by trained animals. For hundreds of years the Ox has helped to do everything from preparing land, to moving heavy loads. This weekend you will have the opportunity to see "Lion & Bright" the oxen at Ross Farm at work. ...Read more >
Join us and the Atlantic Canadian World War 2 Living History Association this weekend at the Ross Farm Museum.
What better way to celebrate the start of summer than to join the annual pumpkin planting days at Ross Farm Museum? Bring the children and let them plant a pumpkin seed, then they can return in the fall and harvest their pumpkin.
Is the first of a 3 part Food Security series of Workshops hosted by Rural Roots Market at the Ross Farm Museum. This is a Learn & Taste workshop with Karen Newton of Klayhurst Farms and Chef Karine Dube.