January

31  Ice Harvest

February

7   Tap the Sugar Maples

14  Old-Fashioned Valentine's Day

21 Maple Sugaring

28  Maple Sugaring

March

7  Orchard Care & Road Grading

14  Visit from the Horse Doctor, Dentist & Shoer

21  Workhorse Rides & Winter in the Farmhouse

28 Sawmilling & Tree Planting

 

April

4 Henhouse Visits

11 Spring Plowing & Field Work

18  Lambing

25  Potato Planting

May

2  Sheep Shearing & Herding

     

9 Mother's Day Carriage Rides

16 Corn Planting & Gardening

23 Spring Beekeeping

30 Hog Slopping & Weighing

June

6 Old Time Baseball Game & Wash Day

13 Haying & Hayrides

    

20 Dairy Day

27 Ice Cream Party & Wheat Harvest

July

11  Evening Blacksmithing (5:00–8:00 p.m.)

18 Evening Animal Chores (5:00–8:00 p.m.)

25 & 26  Mercer County 4-H Fair & Wheat Threshing

August

1  Honey Harvest 

8 Animal Chores

15 Canning & Pickling

 

22 Potato Harvest   

29  Fiddlin' Contest & Picket Fence Art Show 

September

5 43rd Annual Plowing Match

12 Back to School

 

19 Fall Plowing

26 Harvest to Hearth & Corn Shocking

October                

3 Wheat Planting, Weaving, Threshing & Baking

10 Baskets, Brooms & Blacksmithing

17  Corn Harvest

24 Pleasant Valley House Tours & Baseball

31 Fall Foliage Wagon Rides

November

7 Cider Pressing

14  Bacon, Sausage & Scrapple Making

21  Logging & Firewood Cutting

28   Thanksgiving Hayrides & Corn Picking

December

5  Christmas on the Farm  

   

 

Barn Dance Fundraiser

Friday, February 6 | 7:30–9:30 p.m.

Experience the magic of an old-fashioned barn dance in the historic Charles Fish Barn! Ticket sales benefit the restoration of the antique Kitchen Garden fence.

Learn More & Purchase Tickets

Naturally Friends Programs

Join a County naturalist for a close-up look at the swallows, bats, owls, and insects that are essential to the ecosystem where farmers raise their crops and animals.

Saturday, May 9 – Barn Swallow Celebration, Howell Farm at 2 p.m.
Saturday, June 13 – Bird Excursion, Capital City Farm at 10 a.m.
Saturday, July 18 – Butterfly Bonanza, Capital City Farm at 10 a.m.
Friday, August 18 – Nocturnal Nature Walk, Howell Farm at 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, September 26 – Wooly Worm Weather Forecasting, Howell Farm at 2 p.m.
Saturday, October 17 – Spectacular Spiders, Howell Farm at 2 p.m.