2014 Farm/Art DTour Map

2014 Farm/Art DTour Map
Route Marker
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Stop
Slow
Offshoot
Pop-Up
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These horizontal signs will
guide you along the DTour.
For best results: go in
numerical order and respect
private property. Keep your
eyes peeled for the unexpected
and enjoy!
When you see the yellow
DTour signs, slow down
and use caution. A stop
is coming up within 200
yards. Find a safe place to
pull onto the shoulder.
These horizontal signs will
guide you to our “Offshoot”
stops (Map Stops No. 23 and
30). These stops are located
a little way off the official
DTour route, but are worth
the trip!
You’ve arrived at a DTour
stop! The number on the sign
corresponds with the stops
listed below. Again, please
use caution.
Watch for these yellow
flags along the route.
They mark interesting
pop-up roadside vendors,
attractions and events.
Key To DTour Stops
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Art Work: Installations
created by invited
professional artists
Wiese Rd.
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Lavalle Rd.
Farm Form: Creations
made by farmers,
landowners, area businesses
and community groups
Seep Rd.
Section 11 Rd.
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Field Notes: Rural culture
educations sites
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Performances take place here
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“400” State Trail: A 22-mile
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State Roads and County
Highways
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Town Road Intersections
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Frank Rd.
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Woolen Mill Gallery
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Thieman Hill Rd.
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Parking
2014 Farm/Art DTour Stops
Start Here
HQ Location: Reedsburg Area Chamber of Commerce,
240 Railroad St.
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Field Notes: Wanaxi-Homik-Cinak
Landowner: BP Farms
BP Farms, started by Bill Pierce, grows sweet corn,
pumpkins and sunflowers for the family-owned grocery
stores, Viking Village Foods in Reedsburg and Viking
Express Market in Baraboo.
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Vendor: BP Farms and Viking Village Foods
Our Sunflower Barn
County Hwy K, Reedsburg
www.vikingvillagefoods.com, 608-524-6108
Open Daily, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
Our Sunflower Barn shows the process of growing and
harvesting sunflowers. Visit our barn filled with fresh
baked goods from our local grocery store, dine on our
pork and sauerkraut sandwiches, purchase pumpkins
and enjoy our pumpkin rolls and other family food
traditions. Take in the fresh country air.
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Art Work: Bubble Pub
Created by: Jenny Hale, Nevada City CA, and
Gail Katz-James, Minneapolis, MN
Bubble Pub celebrates fermentation by transforming
corn cribs into a series of increasingly carbonated vessels
of locally crafted brews. It will light the cow yard at night
with its glowing effervescence.
Jenny Hale creates community-based work that focuses on
our relationship to the natural world through the use of
recycled materials and ecological themes. Gail Katz-James
transforms recycled objects from their familiar contexts
into surfaces and structures, building community through
art-making. This is their first collaboration.
Landowners: Jerry and Jane Dorow
The Dorow Farm consists of cash cropping and
cow-calf beef operations and has been in the family for
two generations.
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Farm Form: Listening—The Lost Art
Created by: The Craker and Mittelstaedt families
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Landowner: Susan Greenwood
The Greenwood Farm, previously a dairy farm, has been
in the family for over 100 years. Born and raised there,
Susan Greenwood has owned and operated the farm since
1985 and now grows hay, corn, soybeans and raises cattle.
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Field Notes: Ethics
Landowner: Charles Goad
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Pasture Performance: Stage A
A variety of short performances will take
place here both Saturdays and Sundays of the Fest
from 10 a.m.–12 p.m., beginning on the half-hour. For
performance details and rain venue locations visit our
website at www.fermentationfest.com.
Landowner: Charles Goad
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Peter Krsko finds and strengthens relationships within
natural and social communities by nurturing positive
interactions among their members through scientific
research, public art and participatory installations.
Visitors are invited into Sylvan Chapel, built using
living trees and trees that have been recovered from the
construction industry. The artist has designed the space
to incubate appreciation for all of nature’s gifts from the
farms and the forests. www.peterkrsko.com
Art and Debbie Krolikowski have lived on their wooded
39 acres since 2000. The trees were planted in 1979 and
the couple enjoys being good stewards of the forest.
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Stay Alert for Unauthorized
Rogue
Installations
Field Notes: Land
Landowners: Lynn and Holly Mittelstaedt
They Could be anywhere,
By Anyone
Lynn and Holly Mittelstaedt purchased their farm in
1977 from Dean and Lorraine Greenwood. Originally a
dairy farm, it’s now a beef operation.
Art Work: Too Much Pig
Created by: Brian Sobasksi, St. Paul MN
This giant straw diorama depicts the wild invasive
swine species encroaching on rural communities in
southwestern and central Wisconsin. Their recent
discovery threatens farmland, livestock, and the natural
environment. Brian is an artist and sculptor who creates
large-scale straw sculptures for events around the
country. www.mockduck3.wordpress.com
Farm Form: Driving Miss Kiera
Created by: Landowners Rodney and Tim Seamans;
Jan and Carolyne Aslaksen
This is the fourth year Seamans and Aslaksens have
created a Farm Form together. Each year, they create a
sheepdog in a different setting. This year, the Aslaksen’s
dog Kiera makes her debut. The Seamans Family
believes in conservation farming. They follow the
conservation plan that prevents erosion and pollution.
Landowners: Robin and Jean Craker
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Vendor: The North End
The Lake’s Best Kept Secret
S593B LaValle Rd, La Valle, WI 608-985-7888
DTour Hours: Open Daily at 10 a.m.
LOCAL food and craft brews. Fresh seafood delivered
weekly. Certified Angus Beef hamburgers and sirloin
steaks. Freshly baked breads and desserts. Breakfast
served all day and night Sunday.
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Art Work: Drift
Created by: Sara Black, Amber Ginsburg and
Lia Rousset, Chicago IL
Drift functions both as an autonomous intervention
in the landscape and a site for exchange with residents
and visitors. Sara Black (www.sarablack.org), Amber
Ginsburg (www.amberginsburg.com) and Lia Rousset
create a large-scale floating sculptural form that will
advance to shore on weekends where they will serve
spring infusions made from local farm produce in frozen
glacial water. Drift crosses, both figuratively and through
the body, the driftless region’s geological story with its
current agricultural land use.
Landowner: Lake Redstone Protection District
The Lake Redstone Protection District’s mission is to
maintain the quality of Lake Redstone. This wetland is
one of the projects the Protection District is working on
to prevent silt from going into Lake Redstone.
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Landowners: Art and Debbie Krolikowski
Stretch your legs and lose yourself! This corn labyrinth
is no maze: the only decision is if you enter or not.
Designed by the Craker clan —greenhorn artists and
Winfield natives with strong farming roots.
www.thelisteninglabyrinth.com
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Art Work: Sylvan Chapel
Created by: Peter Krsko, Washington DC
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Food Chain I.
A Marketplace of Food, Art and Ideas
Location: St. Paul Lutheran Church
Hours: F–Su, 10 a.m.–4 p.m;
M–Th, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
For details, see website or full event guide
A. Chef K. Clark Pickles & Preserves
Open daily, 10 a.m.–6 p.m.
B. Roots Chocolates
C. Four Elements Organic Herbals
D. ReciproCITY
Oct. 4–5 and 11–12
E. St. Paul Lutheran Church
Oct. 4 and 11, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Landowner: St. Paul Lutheran Church
St. Paul Lutheran Church was established in 1875 by a
handful of faithful members and continues to actively
serve the rural community.
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Field Notes: Woods
Landowners: Wayne and Mary Pertzborn
In 1898 Mary Pertzborn’s grandparents, Edward and
Belle Cobbledick, began farming 100 acres on what is
now Cobbledick Road. Their eldest daughter, Myrtle,
followed in their footsteps and took over the farm.
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Vendor: Hartje’s General Store
Everything you need in just one stop
S1428A State Hwy 33 and 58
La Valle, WI 53941, 608-985-8124
Fill up your car’s tank and grab snacks, drinks and
groceries too! The Cabin Shop upstairs offers Antiques,
Quilts, Soaps, Amish Furniture, and Arts and Crafts by
local artists. Visit the Farmer’s Market Saturday,
8 a.m.–1 p.m., June-Oct.
2014 Farm/Art DTour Stops
#FermFest
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Food Chain II.
A Marketplace of Food, Art and Ideas
Location: La Valle Park Pavilion
Hours: F-Su, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
M-Th, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
For details, see website or full event guide
A. Little Eagle Arts Foundation (LEAF)
Oct. 4-6 and Oct. 9-13, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
B. Three Sisters Cantina; Fresh Tacos
Oct. 3, 4–8 p.m. and Oct. 4–5, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
C. Slide Food Cart and Catering; Gourmet sliders
Oct. 4–6
D. SoHo Gourmet Cuisines; Specialty dumplings
Oct. 10–12
E. Slow Food UW
Oct. 11–12
Landowner: Village of La Valle
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Farm Form: Book Worm
Created By: The Friends of the La Valle Library
Location: La Valle Public Library
The Friends of the La Valle Library invite you to pull up a
chair and read with their resident bookworm. The Friends
group formed after the original library building was
damaged in the 2008 flood. The people of La Valle came
together and rebuilt the Library in this small community.
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Vendor: Ferment-O-Rama Gift Shop and
J Pearson Studio
Regional Art and DTour Gifts
200 W. Main St. La Valle, 608-495-3260
Open Daily 9:30 a.m.– 5 p.m.
Pick up DTour souvenirs and more at this unique art
studio. Regional art from Wisconsin artists and craftsmen
will be available. Artist demonstrations on weekends.
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Farm Form: Make a Mark!
Created By: Ironton-La Valle Elementary School
Location: Ironton-La Valle Elementary School
Landowners: Paul and Cynthia Bodendein
Paul Bodendein has been farming for over 40 years. He
and his wife Cynthia have three children. They grow
corn, soy, alfalfa, oats, winter wheat and raise beef cattle
on their 1500-acre farm.
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Jerry is the fifth generation of Jessops on this century
farm and currently has a cow-calf beef operation.
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Farm Form: Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep?
Created By: The Colwell Family
Landowners: Becky and Brian Colwell
Little Bo Peep hasn’t lost one sheep, she lost ten! Can
you spot all 10 sheep in our yard? All 10 sheep were
“raised” by the Colwell Family. Becky, Brian, Allison and
Elizabeth have a small flock of Targhee and crossbred
sheep, raised for wool and meat.
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Farm Form: Understory
Created by: UW-Baraboo/Sauk Co. Art Students
and Associate Professor of Art Letha Kelsey
Understory centers around agricultural history and the
oak savanna remnants in the region. The suspended
textiles reference manual labor and rural livelihoods.
We invite the viewer to contemplate the integral and
complex relationship between landscape and livelihood.
Art Work: A Call to Beauty
Created by: Mary Dickey, Roxbury WI
Assistance from Pat and Don Yanke, Loganville WI
Artist Mary Dickey’s roadside shrine, A Call to Beauty,
asks us to contemplate the idea of a creation and our
place in it. Inspired by Wisconsin’s rich history of made
environments and the profound unity of nature, Mary’s
piece invites you leave the everyday, enthrone yourself
and let the cherished white deer lead your vision to the
beauty of the countryside. If inspired, please record your
thoughts or share a photo:
www.facebook.com/ACall2Beauty.
Mary lives in rural Dane County and is represented by
River Arts on Water Gallery. www.marydickey.com
Landowners: Tom and Linda Gillen
Tom and Linda Gillen began operations on their farm in
2008, setting it up specifically for Kiko Meat Goats. The
health of the goats is their top priority, which makes soil
and pasture improvement an annual necessity.
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Attraction: Painted Forest
A Wisconsin Folk Art Treasure
E 846 Painted Forest Drive, Valton, WI
Oct. 4–5 and 11–12, 10 a.m .–4 p.m.
In the 1890s German Immigrant Ernest Hupeden
painted the inside of this building with visionary murals.
The Earthboys will create improvisational soundscapes
Sunday, Oct. 5, 1–4 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 12 at 2 p.m. to
celebrate Edgewood College’s 10-yr stewardship.
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“Just make a mark and see where it takes you.” This line
from The Dot by Peter H. Reynolds was the inspiration
for this creation. These dots were designed by K–3rd
grade students at the Ironton-La Valle Elementary
School. Who knows where it will take them!
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Field Notes: Soil
Landowners: Jerry and Jeanette Jessop
Field Notes: Circus
Landowners: Paul and Cynthia Bodendein
See Map Stop No. 20
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Vendor: Carr Valley Cheese
Artisan Cheese Plant and Store
S3797 Cty Rd G, La Valle
800-462-7258, www.carrvalleycheese.com
DTour Hours: M–Sat, 7 a.m.–5 p.m.,
Sun, 11 a.m.–4 p.m.
Master cheesemakers turn milk fresh from local
farms into more than 100 delicious varieties—many
international award winners. All varieties available
for sale.
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Art Work: Taste Lab
Created by: Andrea Polli with students from the
Univ. of New Mexico’s Art & Ecology Program
Hours: F–Su, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
M–Th, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
Taste Lab invites visitors inside to investigate the
biology of fermentation through all senses. View live
fermentation microbes through digital microscopes;
learn about, smell, touch and taste fermented foods.
Conversations, screenings, performances and
presentations about the biology of fermented food
will regularly address topics like GMO, the human
microbiome and antibiotics in food. To see more of
Andrea Polli’s work, visit www.andreapolli.com
Landowner: Village of Lime Ridge
Lime Ridge, population 163 is named for the limestoneridge just west of town and has a rich history
of logging,farming and hunting. The first post office
opened in 1858, The village was incorporated in 1913.
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Vendor: Branding Iron RoadHouse
Good Food, Friends & Drinks
132 S Main Street, Lime Ridge
Open at 11 a.m. daily, 608-986-2807
The Branding Iron is a unique country Roadhouse
dedicated to creating good food and friends. We serve
delicious burgers made from Fearing Angus Beef, Carr
Valley Cheese, and Esther’s Bakery Buns. Wisconsin
micro-brews on tap. www.brandingironrh.com
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Food Chain III.
A Marketplace of Food, Art and Ideas
Location: Old School Art Asylum
Hours: F–Su, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
M–Th, 10 a.m.–2 p.m.
For details, see website or full event guide
A. Hidden Valley Mushrooms
Open Daily
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Pasture Performance: Stage B
A variety of short performances will take place
here both Saturdays and Sundays of the Fest from 12–2
p.m., beginning on the half-hour. This stage features a
Harvestore Silo Bandshell designed by artists J. Shimon
& J. Lindemann. For performance details and rain venue
locations visit www.fermentationfest.com.
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Field Notes: Silo
Landowner: Dorothy Schluter
Dorothy grew up near Lime Ridge on a small dairy
farm and in 1976 moved to this 79-acre farm with her
husband Bob Schluter. They milked about 35 cows and
grew hay, oats, and corn using conservation methods.
She currently rents her land to neighbors for crop
farming and beef cattle.
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B. Cedar Grove Cheese
Oct. 4–5 and Oct. 10–12
C. Amaranth Cafe & Bakery
Oct. 4–5 and Oct. 11–12
D. Old School Art Asylum
Landowners Bud and Joyce Ihde
Built in 1921, The Old School Art Asylum is the
private studio of local artist Joyce Ihde. There will
be original work, prints and greeting cards by Joyce
and Jake Ihde for sale. Also on display within the
Old School you’ll find antique toys, vintage farm
magazines and a hand-painted early 1900’s stage
curtain, as well as work from other artists. Local
musicians on the weekends.
2014 Farm/Art DTour Stops
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Attraction: Weston School District
Growing and Learning Together
E2511 HWY S, Cazenovia, WI 53924
2 Miles West of Lime Ridge
Oct. 4 and 11, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.
Visit our school Oct. 4 and 11 for guided nature walks,
garden tours, petting zoo, face painting, cider pressing, hay
rides, live music and much more! Tours M–F, 8 a.m.–3 p.m.
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Farm Form: Growing and Learning Together
Created by: Students and Staff of Weston Schools
Location: Weston Schools
With about 300 students, Pre–K through High School,
Weston is a tiny school with a great big heart! Visit us and
see our straw bale school bus, a “sunflower field” made
from recycled materials and many other displays of student
art work.
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Vendor: Windy Ridge Bakery
S5167 Tuckertown Rd, Loganville, WI 53943
Open: 8 a.m.–dark, every day but Sundays
Offering baked goods, jams, candy and handwoven baskets.
Also available: Produce, functional pottery, homemade
soaps, honey, petting zoo, wagon and buggy rides. Windy
Ridge is an Amish family and conducts no business on
Sunday. We ask that you respect this practice.
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Field Notes: Corn
Landowners: Joe and Connie Meyer
Joe Meyer & Sons farm was purchased in 1918. Their
grandchildren are the fifth generation to farm the land.
The Meyers milk 400 Holsteins, raise calves as replacement
heifers and steers, and farm 1300 acres of corn, hay, oats
and winter wheat.
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Field Notes: Dairy
Landowners: Don and Dorothy Harms
Valley Springs Farm, operated by Don and Dorothy Harms
for over 30 years, is home to 60 Holstein dairy cows and 60
dairy heifers. Don is the fourth generation of the Harms
family to cultivate the 260-acre farm.
Work: Invasive Species
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Created by: Isabelle Garbani, Brooklyn NY
Species introduced into new environments for
benign reasons can become invasive. Plastic has likewise
thoroughly invaded our lifestyles. It is in virtually
everything we use: clothes and shoes, toys and tools, food
shipping and containers. In Invasive Species, thousands
of kudzu leaves, crocheted from plastic shopping bags,
engulf an abandoned farmhouse. They climb and cling to
the house, slowly “choking” it with their invasive growth.
Isabelle works with feminine crafts such as knitting,
crochet and lace using recycled materials.
www.IsabelleGarbani.com
Pasture Performance: Stage C
34 A variety of short performances will take place
here both Saturdays and Sundays of the Fest from 2–4 p.m.,
beginning on the half-hour. For performance details and
rain venue locations, visit www.fermentationfest.com.
Landowners: Larry and Bridget Mundth
Larry and Bridget Mundth are second-generation farmers
who have been farming over 35 years on a grass-based,
rotationally grazed dairy and grass-fed beef operation, now
under the name of Aspen Sunset Grass-Finished Beef.
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Vendor: Aspen Sunset
Grass-fed finished Beef
S4340 Hwy S Reedsburg,WI. 53959
608-415-2753, [email protected]
Open: Fri-Sun, Oct. 3-5 and 10-12,
10 a.m.–3 p.m.
How to Be a
Good DTourist
Your local provider for high quality grassfinished beef. Our beef is an excellent, pure
source of Omega-3s. We do not use hormones
or growth supplements.
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Farm Form: Silage Bag Art
Created By: The Mundth Family (and you!)
Feeling inspired? Stop by and help transform a giant
silage bag with shape, color, and line into—who
knows what? A limited supply of paint and brushes
will be provided on-site, but participants are
encouraged to bring their own.
Landowners: Larry and Bridget Mundth
See Map Stop No. 34
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GET AN EARLY START
Field Notes: Hay
Landowners: Larry and Bridget Mundth
See Map Stop No. 34
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BE INFORMED
Make the Headquarters in
Reedsburg your first stop on the
DTour for information on how to
make the most of your trip.
Farm Form: Wealth
Created by: Vierbicher and Friede & Associates
Friede & Associates is Southern Wisconsin’s premier
general contractor, providing the highest quality
service, staff and products to commercial property
owners. The Excitement is Building!
The full DTour can take anywhere
from two to six hours.
TIME YOUR TRIP
Make sure you catch at least one of
the Pasture Performances!
BE PREPARED
Plan for all types of weather.
SUPPORT LOCAL
Vierbicher is a team of professional planners,
engineers, and advisors dedicated to working with
Wisconsin communities and businesses to turn
visions into reality.
Check out what our advertisers, area
businesses and DTour vendors have
to offer.
Landowners: Steve and Gail Schulenburg
Tractors, bicycles, motorcycles and
buggies share the road!
Steve and Gail Schulenburg own this third generation
145 acre farm located in Reedsburg township.
Operating until 2004 as a dairy farm, it is now a
cash crop and beef farm, utilizing contour strips and
no-till planting.
Work: Wonders at the Wayside—Circus
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Wagon and Sideshow Encampment
Created by: Erika Nelson, Lucas, KS
Looking at the history of the area as expressed
through reinterpretations of Sauk County’s Sideshow
and Circus culture, Erika Nelson’s colorful circus
wagons pose questions about place, sparking
investigation and wonder through visual storytelling—
some true, some not.
Erika Nelson explores the fringes of art and culture
as found in offbeat roadside attractions. When not
traveling the U.S. in a permanently embellished
vehicle, she can be found in the eccentric town of
Lucas, KS. www.worldslargestthings.com
Watch for a new DTour
Route in 2015
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DRIVE CAREFULLY
TAKE PHOTOS
Be sure to post them to social
media—#FermFest.
BE RESPECTFUL
Park only on the road shoulder, obey
all signs and leave no trace.
MAKE IT A WEEKEND
Stay overnight and see and do more.
EXPLORE
Visit other attractions in Sauk County.
MAKE IT LAST
Buy Fermentation Fest souvenirs
at our gift shops in Reedsburg and
La Valle.
ENJOY THE RIDE!
We hope you enjoy yourselves at
Fermentation Fest!