Honey Harvest

Saturday, August 2 | 10:00–4:00

With the hives open and the bees on their best behavior, the Howell Farm beekeeper invites visitors to look inside the supers and meet the worker bees! Next, you can help uncap and extract this year’s crop of honey from the combs, then have a taste and bottle some to take home.

Hive opening takes place at 11:00 a.m. (weather permitting), followed by honey extraction at 1:00 p.m..

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Hands-On Learning

Summer on the Farm

June–August

Summer on the Farm is a time to have fun outdoors...after the chores are done of course!

Children will learn what life would have been like for kids living on a farm in 1900 – pumping water for the animals, bedding the barn with straw, and meeting the horses, pigs, sheep, and chickens up close. Once the work is all done, participants will try 19th-century games on the farmhouse lawn, and finally relax and watch the fields roll by from their seats on a hay-filled wagon.

Farm Animals

In a 90-minute sampler of the Howell Farm morning chores, children meet horses, sheep, pigs, and chickens, learning how a farmer’s family works to keep the animals healthy, warm, and productive during the coming winter. Participants help shell and grind corn for animal feed, look for eggs in the henhouse, and help the farmer with other work around the farm.

Saturday Events

October

4 Basket & Broom Making

11 Forging & Fences

18 Corn Harvest

25 Fall Foliage Hayrides & Baseball