Teen Weekend
It's so difficult to be a teenager these days. Getting teens out of their heads, off social media and into healthy group activities like working hard, cooking, and crafting can only help. Our Teen Weekend was created just for this purpose. Teens will stay in our barn apartment. Adults can have their own adventure, staying in our tiny house, and free to come and go as they please while their teens are working on the farm.
Important to know: there no wifi, and our cell service is sketchy. This weekend is a break from the internet, from social media, from selfies, from the internet. We encourage parents to dig up their digital cameras and show the kids how to use them!
The Big Picture
Teens will be semi-independent. They''ll sleep alone in our barn apartment. (Parents can glamp it up in a tiny house 500 yards away.) They'll do all the cooking and clean up (with guidance). They'll take care of animals. They'll do hard manual labor like chopping or hauling wood, shoveling snow or manure, carrying feed bags, dragging hoses. They'll learn self-reliant crafts like how to patch jeans, how to sew, how to make a vinaigrette, a pie crust, and a loaf of bread.
Parents are invited to come eat with us but don't partake in the chores, the cooking, or the clean up.
The Schedule
Friday night. Arrive by 6 pm. Quick tour or the premises. Parents will either head out to dinner on their own or retire to their tiny house until dinner is ready. Teens make dinner with guidance, including mixing up bread dough for tomorrow.
After dinner: Games, then lights out.
Saturday morning. 8 am. Breakfast: Scramble the eggs, punch down the dough, mix up the muffins.
9 - 11 am. Chores. Feed the animals, do the waters, do some general farm labor. This can include hauling hoses, shoveling snow, mucking stalls. This happens regardless of weather.
11 am Lunch Prep.Make soup, bake the bread. Also prep the pie and bread dough for later.
12 noon Lunch.
1-3 Break.
3-5 pm Crafts. Learn to patch jeans, crochet a bucket hat, or work with our sheep's wool. Then, quick evening chores.
6-7 pm Break.
7 pm Dinner Prep. This will include activities like making a vinaigrette, shaping and baking bread, roasting a chicken, making a vegetable side dish, making a pie from scratch, and so on.
8 pm Dinner
9 pm Movie or games. Old fashioned style! With a DVD player and screen, no phones in hand.
We have a selection of movies to choose from.
Sunday morning.
8 am. Breakfast: Bake the muffins, scramble the eggs. Eat.
9 - 11 am. Chores.
11 am Final touches on any crafts, plus lunch prep.
Noon Lunch
1-2 pm Departure
Important to know: there no wifi, and our cell service is sketchy. This weekend is a break from the internet, from social media, from selfies, from the internet. We encourage parents to dig up their digital cameras and show the kids how to use them!
The Big Picture
Teens will be semi-independent. They''ll sleep alone in our barn apartment. (Parents can glamp it up in a tiny house 500 yards away.) They'll do all the cooking and clean up (with guidance). They'll take care of animals. They'll do hard manual labor like chopping or hauling wood, shoveling snow or manure, carrying feed bags, dragging hoses. They'll learn self-reliant crafts like how to patch jeans, how to sew, how to make a vinaigrette, a pie crust, and a loaf of bread.
Parents are invited to come eat with us but don't partake in the chores, the cooking, or the clean up.
The Schedule
Friday night. Arrive by 6 pm. Quick tour or the premises. Parents will either head out to dinner on their own or retire to their tiny house until dinner is ready. Teens make dinner with guidance, including mixing up bread dough for tomorrow.
After dinner: Games, then lights out.
Saturday morning. 8 am. Breakfast: Scramble the eggs, punch down the dough, mix up the muffins.
9 - 11 am. Chores. Feed the animals, do the waters, do some general farm labor. This can include hauling hoses, shoveling snow, mucking stalls. This happens regardless of weather.
11 am Lunch Prep.Make soup, bake the bread. Also prep the pie and bread dough for later.
12 noon Lunch.
1-3 Break.
3-5 pm Crafts. Learn to patch jeans, crochet a bucket hat, or work with our sheep's wool. Then, quick evening chores.
6-7 pm Break.
7 pm Dinner Prep. This will include activities like making a vinaigrette, shaping and baking bread, roasting a chicken, making a vegetable side dish, making a pie from scratch, and so on.
8 pm Dinner
9 pm Movie or games. Old fashioned style! With a DVD player and screen, no phones in hand.
We have a selection of movies to choose from.
Sunday morning.
8 am. Breakfast: Bake the muffins, scramble the eggs. Eat.
9 - 11 am. Chores.
11 am Final touches on any crafts, plus lunch prep.
Noon Lunch
1-2 pm Departure
