LEARN TO MAKE KOMBUCHA Start time: 12pm End time: 1:30pm Friday, November 25th On the farm: 10715 Shopton Road West, Charlotte, NC 28278 BASICS OF KOMBUCHA – What is that bubbly tea drink popping up on grocery store shelves and on tap at breweries around Charlotte? Kombucha – fermented sweet tea – is a refreshing soda alternative, bursting with probiotics, B-vitamins and antioxidants. $25/Get things brewing at home: 1 SCOBY, starter...

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Join us this Christmas season at the Tangled Tinsel Merry Market! From the owners of the Upscale Weesale, shop 40+ local artisans and market exhibitors for unique holiday gifts and treats! Wish We Had Acres will be participating all three days! Join us for ladies night Thursday, December 8th from 5-8pm. Friday December 9th and Saturday December 10th from 10am-7pm. Address: 2685 Celanese Rd., Rock Hill, South Carolina 29732 We have oodles of new...

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GOAT MILK SOAP WORKSHOPS are back! Next class date – 2pm Saturday November 5th. Register here. This is a production based workshop focused on the cold process method of hand crafting small batches of soap with raw goat milk. Restock your supply or start “stocking” up for handmade gifts. Hand crafted soaps benefit from longer cure times. Workshops will run through the first week of December. Contact us to set a date for your...

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SALVES – WEEDS TO REMEDIES – A FALL HARVEST. 4pm Saturday October 29th. Fall is a time of harvest, including wild medicinal botanicals. Join Dr. Dave for a plant walk and wildcrafting demo. Harvest root medicine and make a salve of poke, calendula, burdock and other in season botanicals. $25 Register here. Class includes the medicine of the day to take with you to build your home apothecary. Given the ghoulish time of year, you will...

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TINCTURES – WEEDS TO REMEDIES – A FALL HARVEST. 2pm Saturday October 29th. Join Dr. Dave for a plant walk and basics on making wild medicinal tinctures at 2pm Saturday October 29th. Register here. The nature of the walk will be determined by the plants in season. Find a new appreciation for some of your common backyard ‘weeds’ – cultivated, invasive and native plants with medicinal value. Dr. Dave will guide us on...

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VISIT WISH WE HAD ACRES ON A FARM TOUR Have you ever wanted to visit Wish We had Acres and see the herd behind the goat milk soaps? Is your child homeschooled, a girl scout, cub scout, or interested in modern urban small scale farming? Wish We Had Acres is now offering small group farm tours. Your group will tour the farm, meet the dairy goat herd, participate in one farm service activity, and one farm activity. Each outdoor tour lasts...

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