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2012 Calendar of Events and Programs

Programs are subject to change and field programs are subject to favorable weather conditions.

Program dates are Saturdays unless otherwise noted.
** Program led by County Naturalist

January

7
Farm Closed

14
Farm Closed
21
Farm Closed


28
Ice Harvest
February
4
Sugar Tree Tapping
11
Valentine's Day Rides/ Barn Owl Talk w/Jenn Rogers

18
Winter Kitchen
25
Maple Sugaring
 
March
3
Maple Sugaring
10
Visits from Horse Doctor, Dentist,
Shoer

17
Workhorse Rides/ Blacksmithing

24
Lambing/New Faces

31
Sawmilling/
Tree Planting

April

7
Henhouse Visits

 

13 (Friday)
BarnSwallow Program w/Jenn Rogers

14
Spring Tillage Wagon Tours

15 (SUnday)
Arrival of Barn Swallows**

21
Spring Bee Keeping
28
Potato Planting


 

 

 

May

5
Sheep Shearing

 

12
Corn Planting

18 (Friday)
Major Henry Phillips in the Revolution
w/Larry Kidder

19
Pleasant Valley House Tours
20 (Sunday)
Revolution in Pleasant Valley

28
Potato Planting

 

       
June
2
Hog Slopping

9
Haying

 

10 (Sunday)
Sweep the Fields**
15 (Friday)
On the Road with Elsie the Cow
7:30pm
16
Dairying
23
Oldtime Baseball

30
Wheat Harvest and Ice Cream Party

 




 
July

7
Evening Hayrides
5:00-8:00pm

13 (Friday)
Summer Barn Dance: Bringing in the Sheaves

 

14
Evening Hayrides
5:00-8:00pm
21
Evening Hayrides
5:00-8:00pm
28
Mercer County
4-H Fair
29 (Sunday)
Mercer County 4-H Fair
 
 
August

4
Honey Harvest

 

10 (Friday)
Slide Show w/Bob Meszaros
7:30pm


11
Pleasant Valley Wagon Tours
12 (Sunday)
Pleasant Valley School House Tour
18
Potato Harvest

25
Fiddlin' on the Farm

 

       
September                                       2012 Corn Maze opens September 15

1
Plowing Match

 

7 (Friday)
Teaching at the Pleasant Valley School w/Larry Kidder
8
Back to School

15
Fall Tillage Wagon Tours

16 (Sunday)
Belle Mountain Wagon Tour

22
Canning


29
Pumpkin / Indian Corn Harvest

 

 


October                                            

6
Fall Festival

 

7 (Sunday)
Fall Festival
Noon-4:00pm

13
Field Corn Harvest for Mercer County Wildlife Center


20
Quilting

27
Popcorn Harvest

November                                         

2 (Friday)
Harvest Moon Dance
7:30pm

 

3
Bacon, Sausage & Scrapple Making
4 (Sunday)
Natural Harvest**
10
Cider Making
17
Oldtime Auction

24
Thanksgiving Hayrides; Wreath & Sleighbell Sale



 

 
December

1
Christmas on the Farm

8
Farm Closed

15
Farm Closed

22
Farm Closed