Have you ever dreamt of having your own ‘Person Cave’ (aka Mancave, She-shed, Babe Cave)?

I have an evolving…She-shed/Babe-Cave (I just love Babe-Cave….I’m adopting that for myself) at home which mainly revolves around ryobi tools, my boxing bag, a rustic bar which I am still to finish…this week and random wood-related projects that are all waiting for a bit of spare time.

We would love to bring you into THE CAVE at Homegrown Parkes and get grinding, mincing and stuffing in the pursuit of sausage making!

Ray Hawkins will be taking us into the amazing world of sausage making at Homegrown Parkes.

We will learn about meat selection, carving, grinding, flavouring and stuffing sausages. Ray will be providing a workshop covering the lot!

Whether you plan to process your own meat from scratch or purchase meat and go from there, this workshop will be full of information to help you produce your own sausages and potentially impress the family or your mates.

Ray is self-taught and does catch his own meat, so has insight into some of the ins and outs and challenges that face home processing.

He was looking at ways to use some of the meat, rather than leaving it. He mainly has used venison, but pork fat is also used due to its fat content in processing sausages.

Like any cook, he is always looking at ways that he can change or add to his processes.

Keep an eye out for more information on Ray’s workshop in the weeks ahead!

Homegrown Parkes provide as many activities as possible free to the community because we don’t want any barriers to learning. There are pressures on our households and we want people to learn how they can be producing and processing at home to help cut some of these costs….and of course, we want to share some cool, niche demonstrations as well.

It is our great pleasure to be able to bring new workshops to the Homegrown event to provide opportunities for our community to learn about processes and concepts that allow ‘non-experts’ to give it a go at home.

The Expression of Interest form for Stallholders is accessible via our social media or Homegrown Parkes page on the Central West Lachlan Landcare website under the ‘Get Involved’ tab, or follow this link.

Homegrown Parkes events are supported by volunteers from our Committee, volunteers from Central West Lachlan Landcare, Parkes Community Arts Committee and with in-kind support from Parkes Shire Council. This event also received support from the Northparkes Evolution Community Investment Program.

For further information on this article, please go to www.centralwestlachlanlandcare.org, twitter, facebook or Instagram @cwllandcare or contact Marg Applebee on 0418 611 053.