Farm Tour Weekend

Last weekend was the Farm Tour, and we LOVE this event. We tour every year, and always stop in to look around at the Fiber Arts Festival. It was beautiful! We had temps in the 60s, and sunshine. We packed in a lot of activities.

Chuck bought us all special T-shirts from the fire department, "Firefighters for the Cure." They are blue shirts with pink lettering. He wanted us all to wear ours today for the tour.

Pancakes and ham for breakfast, served by our local firefighters, was the first stop of the day. Chuck was there, and had just finished his shift. We ate together, then got our picture taken in front of the 1918 fire truck outside the station.

One of our friends has become quite the farmer, and she makes her own yogurt, cheese, and even detergent. I bought some great bath soaps from her.

We were hungry by the time we were finished there, so we made our way to Creviston Valley Farm where they serve lunch. It was really good. Corn on the cob, chili, hotdogs and hamburgers were on the menu.

We spied some Rhode Island Red chicks there at one of the booths, and decided to add two more girls to our family. (Our current girls are slowing down on the egg production.) We went back later to pick up the chicks so they didn't have to ride in the car for hours.

Finally, after five years, I was able to make it to the sheep farm. It's a 70-acre farm, and there are sheep and alpacas and llamas, and several wonderful dogs. They had border collies, and a beautiful Great White Pyrenees. I have wanted one because they are a great farm dog, but they are really big, and I've had a Newfoundland and know how much work those large breeds are. Maybe at our next property...

We brought our new chicks home and tried to get them acquainted with our other girls. I was happy to have some reds, because the one red we have is small and gets picked on sometimes. The chicks are eight weeks old, and they seem to be doing fine.