Our Mission

To share out knowledge of agriculatural practices with the public, to raise and grow quality natural products for public consumption, and to contribute to the preservation of a vital rural life community for future generations.

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Kindergarten - 5th grade Tours

Kindergarten to First Grade Tour: Plants and Animals
  • visit a 100-year-old farmhouse, noting changes that have occurred over time such as the addition of water, electricity, bathrooms, and central heat
  • tour the vegetable garden
  • learn proper interaction while petting, brushing, and feeding domestic animals
  • ride a hay wagon through farm fields, observing changes
  • sing farm songs
Second to Third Grade Tour: Soils, Cycles and Seasons
  • vocabulary focus on science terms for soil, cycles, and seasons
  • tour our 100-year-old farm, discovering life without indoor plumbing, electricity, or central heat
  • ages of plant development
  • pet, brush, and feed animals, emphasizing their life cycles
  • walk and ride through fields and woods making observations
Fourth to Fifth Grade Tour: Walk Back in Time
  • discuss past and present land use
  • journey through a 100-year-old farm, noting changes caused by the addition of indoor plumbing, electricity, and central heat
  • discover early rural twentieth century food preservations techniques including canning, freezing, salting and drying
  • note changes in farm equipment, methods of haymaking, and animal care over time
  • blaze a trail through woods to find a home site for Colonial settlers
  • observe period hunting and survival skills, including loading and firing a flintlock rifle
  • at the river discuss Native American travel, work, and living areas
  • make rope sample
Teacher Resources
Coloring Pages
Songs
Before and After Tour Ideas
Subpages (1): Walk Back In Time