Farm Update Part 1

Cameron here, to update the blog with some of things we have been doing this summer on the farm.

Kyle cutting hay with the Hesston Swather and then baling with the old freeman 200 2 wire baler.

The baler caught fire about 20 minutes after this picture!

 Admiral Ackbar (our calf) escaped his pen and made new friends with Tom and Willey, the draft horses.

 Ethan clearing cattails from the ditch.

Painting the old chicken coop

Pumpkin Planting

Pumpkin Patch Weeding

Cooling off in the pond

We always love going to the Richest, Wildest Rodeo in the West! 

Farm Camp FUN!

Thanks to all the kids and parents who helped our first farm camp to be a success! We had some great times, and the kids loved it! I think they learned a lot and went home happy. Here's a little peek at our week!

The kids had lots of experience feeding and interacting with the animals 

 

 

 

 

Horse and pony rides



 

 

Bonding with and leading the alpacas

 

 

 

 

Crafts, Fun and Games

 

 

This was a GREAT bunch of kids!!

 

We will hold farm camp again next summer, and will offer a few different sessions so stay tuned!

 

Introducing...FARM CAMP!

 We want to announce that will be holding our first week long summer camp this season! Your kids can learn what it's like to be a farmer! It will be a fun experience for your kids to work, play and learn. They will have hands on experiences with animals, craft time, games, horseback riding, gardening/farming and more! It's a summer camp that teaches responsibility, creates new friendships, and it's lots of fun!

Here's more information:
Dates - Monday July 22nd - Friday July 26th
Time - 9:00am - 1:00pm
Ages 6 through 12 years old
Cost - $125 for the week ($20 discount for additional sibling)
Enrollment limited to10 kids

Typical Daily Schedule:
9:00-  Arrival, games
9:30 - Animal Feeding, Pumpkin patch and garden time (learn about how things grow and help weed and harvest the vegetables!)
10:30 - Snack and Craft Time  
11:00 - Animal Focus -Learn about and interact with a different animal each day!
11:30 - Lunch
12:00 - Horseback Riding - miniature horse and/or quarter horse
12:30 - Lawn games
1:00 - Parent pick up

Healthy snacks and water are provided. You will need to provide your child with a sack lunch. 
We will have a parent/child farm tour experience on the last day from noon till 1:00pm where the kids will show parents around, and teach what they have learned!
If you would like to register please email Natalie - gnat521@juno.com 
Registration deadline is June 30th, or until spaces are filled.

Goats and Pigs and Calves...Oh My!

We have a lot of cute new faces around here!

                      We got these two cute mini nubian goats from my friend Katie in February

                                            This is our daughter with Athena - our first girl goat

                                              Here's Apollo - a cute boy!

Our new female piggies - Cinderella and Snow White!

Look at that face!

 And our newest additions - 3 week old Jersey calves!  Lando and Admiral Akbar (both from Star Wars)

What beautiful baby boys!

Of course we can't forget about the calf born to our own mama cow Lucia on April 9th. His name is Chewbacca, or Chewy!

He is now 6 weeks old and doing great!!

Baby animals are so fun!

Chicks are the first sign of SPRING!

What better way to welcome spring time than to get new baby chicks! We love baby animals, and have 27 new chicks! We got barred rocks, red sexlinks, black sexlinks, buff orpingtons, silver wyandottes, and white leghorns. They are little cuties!

We also have some baby goats which will be featured in the next post, and will hopefully have new calves soon - we're pretty sure our mama cow is pregnant, and maybe even Kane the "cak"! We'll keep you posted!

I have a few more open days for field trips in April and May, and a few birthday party openings in May. Call or email to schedule.
Thanks,
Natalie
(775)530-8032
gnat521@juno.com

Happy Thanksgiving!

From our family to yours we want to say THANKS for another great season! We are thankful for the farm, for our faith, our freedom, and our awesome community who has given us the chance to grow our business. A big thanks to all our employees too who helped to make it happen!

We are closed for the season, but you can like us on facebook to follow what's going on, such as new animals, crops for sale, etc.


We hope your holiday season is great, so Merry Christmas and Happy New Year too!

Opening Day!

It's October again, and that means - PUMPKIN PATCH TIME! We are open all month, with the exception of Sundays. Our hours are Monday - Thursday 10am - 3pm and Friday-Saturday 10am - 6pm.

Come check out our NEW attractions!
Every year we add a few more fun activities, but this year we went the extra mile and added four!
They include:
 a one acre kids corn maze

A pedal cart track

                         (picture coming soon!)


Our little garden play area

 

 

 

 

and "Charlottes Web" to climb!

 

 

We have tomatoes and corn for sale in our market, along with a variety of pumpkins and gourds. We also have farm honey and crafts for sale!

 

delicious farm fresh corn!

 

                                         You're never too old to play in the corn shed!

                                     Artist and friend Summer painting hands and faces

                                                         A mix of a cat and spiderman...

                                                Beautiful creations coming out of the Art Barn

Please look at the event calendar - we have a TON of FUN STUFF coming up!
We are sure you will enjoy your visit to our farm, and want to make it a memorable experience!