Back to Basics Topsail

We hate to get the word out so last minute but this Saturday we are hosting an incredible opportunity to learn from a local legend! We will be providing some take home herbs for you to play with at home too! Please share in your stories with all your local friends!Sign up online in events tab.

Tip Tuesday! Chives are easy to grow, and super versatile. Consider topping your scrambled eggs, baked sweet potato, making a fresh dip, or sauce over chicken. Chives are super easy to freeze too thanks to their hollow tubular shape. Have fun trying this tip as we welcome in spring time!

Sign up today at upstairshampstead.com for this Wednesday's herb growing workshop!

If you haven’t already signed up for next weeks class on growing fresh herbs, check the link . It will be Wednesday Feb 21 from 6:00-7:00.

Here’s a sneak peak at our up-coming class Feb 21 . We are so encouraged by the diversity of herbs that will come back year after year in our mild 8b growing zone. It’s really fun to add these herbs to your cut flower garden or landscape and enjoy the aroma and pollinator traffic that’s drawn by these beautiful and delicious plants! If you need a local source for your herb plants, Eileen is a great place to start!

Yesterday we posted the advantages of cooking fresh pasta, like better flavor, better texture for marrying with sauces, control of ingredients but for most of us, we still have plenty of dried pastas in our pantry! Here are some tips for preparing dried pasta according to America’s Test Kitchen.

Fresh Pasta Workshop

Who doesn’t love pasta? Now what about fresh pasta😍

Join us for our first class and learn to make pasta from scratch. Invite a special friend along and learn how to bring fresh pasta to your kitchen! What a great way to kick off this season of love and friendship! James Curinga and Kelly Painter will lead us in demonstration and instruction to prepare fresh linguini or spaghetti, hand-rolled cavatelli and ravioli. $40 includes supplies and demonstration. Each participant will also take home three fresh pastas!

See you in class!
https://www.upstairshampstead.com/events

This group was formed for community engagement and we are looking for local talent! Would you be interested in sharing your skill with the community? Some areas of interest are cooking, baking, hosting, sewing, gardening, household budgeting. Drop us a comment or a DM if you’d like to collaborate with us and host a class or two!

Winter has set in here on the coast and after the indulgence of the holiday season, are you ready for some freshness in the kitchen and in your home? One of the topics that we plan to cover in our monthly classes are herbs!🌿 How to grow them no matter what space you have, how to incorporate them in our cooking, cleaning, and as natural pest control and companion plants in our vegetable garden, as well as some benefits herbs have to health and wellness!

Comment below: what fresh herb(s) do you have trouble finding uses for?

School is back in session! Home economics that is!
While there is a ton of information online about
basic skills, there is nothing like gathering with like-minded people to learn and share with one another.
We will be having a meet and greet Wednesday January 17th at
6 pm. Location will be at Upstairs Hampstead, and we will be
brainstorming and developing details for bi-monthly
homestead/homemakers/home economics workshops.
Your voices are so important! Do you have a skill to present? A
suggestion for what you would like to learn? Join us, and help us grow this highly requested workshop! We can’t wait to meet you,
Eileen, Ashley, & Whitney
Sign up here!
https://www.upstairshampstead.com/events