Summer on the Farm

June–August  

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

In this pre-booked educational program, 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. Reservations required; learn more on our Hands-On Learning page!

September

6  Back to School

 

13 Fall Plowing

20 Harvest to Hearth & Corn Shocking

27 Wheat Planting, Weaving, Threshing & Baking

October                

4  Basket & Broom Making

11  Forging & Fences

18  Corn Harvest

25 Fall Foliage Hayrides & Baseball