Yesterday we went on the annual Farm Tour. Farms across the region open their doors for the weekend. Pumpkin patches...animal farms...honey bee farms...orchards...vineyards. Our first stop was my favorite, Pendleton Farms. Just after we arrived, a green tractor pulling a blue hay wagon pulled up to take us out into the fields. We made a stop at the butterfly bio-villa where we identified different types of caterpillars, watched the quivering chrysalis, and watched the butterflies sucking on blooms and fluttering around their temporary home, getting ready for their migration. Then the kids jumped into a bin of corn-filled bliss. This always seems to be the favorite activity for the kids. They rolled around, buried themselves, and tossed the kernels into the air. Of course we would find corn in all sorts of nooks and crannies for the rest of the day. Then we jumped back onto the hay rack to make our way out into the pumpkin patch. We gathered up enough pumpkins to fill our wagon, and Mom picked up some chrysanthemums. We skipped the maze, as we still had lots of stops to make for the day. Then we went to a sheep farm where the kids tried to feed sheep that obviously had already been well fed. Our last stop of the day included another corn pit, kittens, a small pony, a pumpkin vine house, and cookies with hot cider. Whew! And we barely made a dent in the list of all the farms on the tour, but we had a fantastic time. Can't wait 'till next year!
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