Cherry Pit Spit 2014

This years pit spit will be held Saturday, August 2 from 11-3 p.m. at The Red Barn.

Cherry Pit Spit Aug 3

Western Regional Cherry Pit Spit

Celebrate Orchard Days with The Red Barn in Santaquin as we host our 7^th Annual Cherry Pit Spit event. The pit spit will be held on August 3^rd from 10-3 pm with finals beginning at 2 pm. For your chance to win 1^st place and our grand prize of $100, participants must qualify before 1:45 pm. Bring your entire family to enjoy face painting, games, pie-eating contests and a chance to win one of our other amazing prize baskets! Final rounds which begin at 2 pm, include the top 10 spitters from men and women participants and the top five spitters from the youth age group divisions which include: 15-13, 12-9, 8-6 and 5 & under.

Proceeds from our event this year will be donated to Talyon Raun.  Talyon is a wonderfully happy little boy despite the many challenges he has faced in his short life. He has had heart & lung complications as well as being born without bones in his right leg.  Last year his leg was amputated, and he was given a prosthetic leg to help him become more independent.  As he gets older he will be in need of new prosthetics that can match his growing body.  

The $1 entry fee and all proceeds from the ice cream sold that day will be donated to the Raun Family. Come and support Talyon and our community by seeing just how far your hot air can make a pit fly!

March Events

Baking with Natural Yeast

Wednesday, March 6^th at 11 am

                

Best selling author Melissa Richardson is here to share with you her knowledge and love for baking with natural yeast. Learn about the health benefits of using natural yeast, how to keep your start healthy and strong, and best of all, the delicious ways that natural yeast baking can be incorporated into your daily baking.

Feb 2013 Events

Pruning Class

Saturday, February 23^rd @ 11 am

Learn from the professionals, exactly what pruning you need to do to keep your fruit trees healthy and strong all year long.

November Events

Sweet Christmas Breads

Tuesday, November 27^th @ 10 am

Lisa Barker from Honeyville Grain, will be joining us at the

Red Barn to show us some of her favorite Christmas Breads.

Impress your friends and family with these delicious treats

for your holiday season.

FREE CLASS

October

The Pumpkin Patch is now open!

Hayrides are open to the public on the following schedule:

Monday - Friday 3:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Saturday 10:30 a.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Other times available by appointment. 

September Events

Pressure Canning

Saturday, Sept. 1^st 10-11 am

Pressure Canning can be a little intimidating, but USU extension specialist Jana Darrington will cover everything you need to know to help you feel comfortable when it’s time to start canning. The class will cover pressure canning basics as well as vegetables and meats.

August Events

Cherry Pit Spit

Saturday, August 4th 

10 a.m. - 3 p.m. 

10-2 Qualifing Round
2-3 Championship Spit Off


Come spit a pit for the Underwood family. Cost is $1 to compete, free to watch. You must qualify between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The top ten men and women spitters will then have a championship "spit-off" to find our top three winners for both men and women. There will also be prizes award for the top children's spitter in each age category.

There will also be a raffle basket full of awesome prizes. When you buy a $1 raffle ticket, you also get a free appetizer card from Texas Roadhouse (good for the first 60 people).

July 2012 Events

Canning with Cherries

Saturday, July 21^st 10-11 am

If you love cherry jams and pies this is the class for you. 

USU extension specialist, Jana Darrington, will show you

how to preserve all of your tart cherries so that you can

enjoy them all year long!

June Events

This month we are giving away a Hamilton Beach Large Mouth Juice Extractor. See our home page to enter the contest. 

Rules and Regulations for this giveaway are as follows:

Maximum of four entries per person. Contest begins Wednesday, June 13, 2012 and ends Wednesday, June 20, 2012 at noon, MST. All entries must be submitted as comments on the main post before that time; no facebook entries will be counted. Giveaway is sponsored by Hamilton Beach. Winner’s name will be posted on rowleysredbarn.com and our facebook page after the winning entry has been verified. Winner is responsible for contacting us to claim their prize within 48 hours or another winner will be chosen. Giveaway is open to contiguous U.S. residents only (no PO boxes), 18 and older. Hamilton Beach provided us with a juice extractor as well in order to write a review. All opinions are 100% ours. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer.

We reserve the right to delete entries or comments if they do not qualify or do not follow the rules of the giveaway.  The Red Barn is only hosting the giveaway and is not responsible or liable for any products being featured or given away.  We are only representing the sponsor by coordinating and hosting their giveaway prize. All giveaway prizes are donated by a sponsoring company and fulfilled by a third party. The Red Barn is not responsible if that company does not follow through, though we will do our best to ensure delivery. Please allow up to 90 days for fulfillment of your prize from the third party before contacting us regarding your prize delivery. Thank you.

April Events

Vegetable Gardening

How to get the most out of your garden

Saturday, April 21^th @ 10-11 am

Join Meredith Seaver as she shows you proven gardening tricks to help you extend your gardening season and optimize your space with vertical gardening.

Backyard Berries

Tuesday, April 24^th 5:00 – 6:00 pm

Join Dr. Brent Black from Utah State University as he teaches you exactly what to do to grow successful raspberries, blackberries and strawberries.

March Events

Free Classes

Cooking With Dry Beans

Saturday, March 24^th @ 10am

Using your food storage beans is a great way to stretch food dollars, create flavorful dishes, and increase fiber in your diet.

Come and learn the basics of selecting, soaking, and cooking dry beans in a pressure cooker and slow cooker and using dry beans to make hummus, soups, casseroles and reduced fat quick breads and cookies. Join Karin Terry from Honeyville Grain as she teaches new ways to use old beans!

Using Wheat Without a Grinder
Teacher: Cindi Van Bibber from Honeyville Grains

March 3^rd
(Sat) 10-11 am

We will also have some grain samples to take home and try for those who attend the class.

February Events

All month Cherry Products will be on sale for 15% off. Come in and see how much you can save today!


Pruning Class
February 25
10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
Meet at the Barn

January Events

This month we will be selling Apple Juice $1 off the regular price.

November Class

Holiday Chocolates Class
Saturday, November 12th @ 10:00 am

Want to impress neighbors and family with fun holiday chocolates? Join us at the Red Barn to learn helpful trade secrets to use to make working with chocolate fun and easy. Learn how to make delicious chocolate suckers and caramel wrapped chocolate pretzel rods with experienced chocolatier Judy Waters, owner for Gramma J. Chocolates. If you enjoy holiday baking this is a class you won’t want to miss!

Pumpkin Patch Hay Rides

We have a great pumpkin patch this year. We run the hayrides to the pumpkin patch and apple bin maze Monday thru Friday starting at 3:30 pm and Saturday starting at 10:30 am. The last wagon leaves the Red Barn to the pumpkin patch at 7:30 pm. We will also have rides starting at 10:30 am on October 20th, 21st, and 28th. The cost is $3.00 per person; children under 2 are free. The pumpkins range in price from $1.00 to $10.00.

September Events

Peach Canning Class
Saturday, September 24th
10-11am

Hayrides
Start Sep 19
3:30-8pm

August Events

Canning Class Cancelled


We look forward to seeing you at Basics of Canning on September 24th,
and Canning Everything Apple on October 8th.

Cherry Pit Spit

Celebrate Orchard Days this year with the Red Barn at the 5^th Annual Cherry Pit Spit on Saturday, August 6^th from 10-3 pm! This year Pit Spit proceeds, which are, $1 per person, and all ice cream sales that day will be donated to The Steve and Melanie Holt Family. Steve and his family are long time Santaquin residents and are an integral part of our community. Steve has been battling heart failure for 10 years and has amassed major medical expenses. Help support a great cause and join us at the Red Barn on Aug. 6^th for food, fun and prizes! Qualifying rounds will be held that day from 10-1:50 pm with finals beginning at 2 pm. The Finals Round includes the top 10 spitters from men and women participants and the top five spitters from the youth divisions which include: 5 & under, 6-8 and 9-12.

June Events

There are no scheduled events for June, but come try out some of our limited edition ice cream flavors like Watermelon and Peanut Butter Oreo!