PLASTER RAISING PARTY

THREE COAT LIME PLASTER ON RIVEN LATHE

Come and learn the materials and methods of lime plaster on wooden lath.
Howard Hall will have a plaster raising party for two successive
Saturdays, scratch coat then the intermediate coat on the main parlor
ceiling and walls.

(A time will be set up for the finishing coat in the near future.)

We will be:

• mixing lime plaster
• plastering
• celebrating
  

Joining in is free as a learning workshop,
but you will have to work with a trowel. Lunch is provided.

Booking in advance is required. 
Call 518-945-1253
or email: howardhall.farm@gmail.com

Open to people in the trades as well as homeowners eager to learn.

This is a unique and free opportunity to learn about historic lime plaster
in a workshop setting.  We will be practicing on the ceiling of the parlor
at Howard Hall Farm in Athens, New York.


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REMAKING LIME CROWN MOLDING
in July with Rory Brennan, the plasterer from  "This Old House".
This is a structured as a paid class with fee limited
number of students.  Click the classes tab for more information
or contact us: howardhall.farm@gmail.com

PRIVATE MORTAR CLASSES
with Reggie Young on exterior pointing with lime mortars.
We will cover mixing of mortar, proper prep of the area, pointing and curing.
Whitewash recipes and appilcations can also be covered.
For more information, contact: howardhall.farm@gmail.com

Too Many Chicks In Paradise! Who Ever Heard of Such A Thing?

Sad but true. We have way too many chicks! The Adams and Eves of foul have been having a ball, and now there are far too many little beaked babes scampering about. Yes, we have heard of gathering the eggs and making them deviled, but you try "happening to notice" that one of the little mamas has a secret nest in the roof. (We eventually did notice, when in the middle of a lightning storm in our windowless office on the balcony, we began chasing wind-blown papers about, and chicks started falling from the sky! Blossom was snapping them up in her jaws as quick as a whip, but many escaped under cover of the howling wind to proliferate, gobble, and peck.) So...

Help us by helping yourself! Free Chickens...take one, get one free! A dozen for the price of zero, et cetera, et cetera...

To get your free chicks, send us an email by clicking the link at the top of this page! Raise them, braise them, do what you will!