Our first farm visit...

Family Day 2014 and I decided it would be fun to visit a farm. The Organic Farmer's Daughter in Baden was offering a fun excursion at the farm.  The website said..."Join us for some family fun at the farm! Tour the farm and try your hand at milking a cow, collecting eggs from the chicken coop, get a photo with a baby calf, games, and enjoy some gluten-free sugar free organic treats."

Sounded like a great time to me ... so we bundled up and invited a friend and her daughter and off we went. Now the friend and her daughter were not as new to farming as we were.  When we first arrived we signed in and joined groups!  There were a few different stations we could partake in.

First up was a nice warm bonfire and treats! Who doesn't love treats!  They were gluten free and yummy. Brownies with squash, maple syrup, hmmm can't remember what else but YUM! And some timbit looking balls with dates and coconut ... all good.  Warm apple cider too!  Then the kids got to try maple syrup poured on the snow to make taffy. I think that was the highlight of Jess's day!!

Next up ... feeding a horse.  A first for Jessie - she thought that was pretty fun!  And then collecting eggs from chickens ... I think I want chickens!!  How fun would that be!!  I'm sure we stressed those poor birdies out but cool first experience for us!  Then we got to milk a cow.  Not Jessie's favourite activity.  In fact I had to talk her into it and I doubt that I could do it again.  LOL!  Oh well she's a trooper for trying.  Apparently no cows in our future (but lots of llamas!).

So our first farm visit was fun!  I think in the Spring we will try to do more of this type of thing.  Looking forward to it!  Definitely will have to head back to this farm for some beef!!!

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