We've had many people who have wanted to come get a little tour of our place over the last couple of years, and we hope to be able to do this more at some point when Ethan moves more of his time to on the farm. For those of you itching to get a glimpse, however, we would like to extend an invitation to come on out this Sunday, October 2nd for the 2011 Farm Crawl.
We are blessed to have a great group of like minded farmers for neighbors, and we have been blessed to be welcomed to their tour of farms, know as the Farm Crawl. So, if you are able, come on over and say "Hi" - and let us know you read our blog too!
You can find directions and more info at www.farmcrawl.com, but here's an excerpt from the website.
Farm Crawl 2011
Eight independent family farm operations, all within an easy drive of each other in south-central Iowa, are jointly hosting open houses. Enjoy a leisurely autumn day “crawling” from farm to farm (Okay, you don't actually crawl, you drive yourself between farms).
Come visit south Marion County/north Lucas County (one hour south of Des Moines) to see each of our individual operations. Tour the farms, visit the animals, meet the farmers, sample the goodies, purchase locally grown & produced products, and have lots of fun in the beautiful Iowa countryside! Visit special guest vendors at some of the farms. FREE admission onto all of the farms (there is a charge to enter the corn-maze at Dan-D Farm).
NO PETS - for the safety of our farm animals and guests, please leave your animals at home.
The eight farms include: Blue Gate Farm, Coyote Run Farm, Dan-D Farms, Pierce’s Pumpkin Patch
Reichert’s Dairy Air, Schneider Orchards, White Breast Pottery and Weaving and new this year: Crooked Gap Farm.
Follow The Beginning Farmer's Wife on Facebook for additional personal peeks at building a family farm.
Eight independent family farm operations, all within an easy drive of each other in south-central Iowa, are jointly hosting open houses. Enjoy a leisurely autumn day “crawling” from farm to farm (Okay, you don't actually crawl, you drive yourself between farms).
Come visit south Marion County/north Lucas County (one hour south of Des Moines) to see each of our individual operations. Tour the farms, visit the animals, meet the farmers, sample the goodies, purchase locally grown & produced products, and have lots of fun in the beautiful Iowa countryside! Visit special guest vendors at some of the farms. FREE admission onto all of the farms (there is a charge to enter the corn-maze at Dan-D Farm).
NO PETS - for the safety of our farm animals and guests, please leave your animals at home.
The eight farms include: Blue Gate Farm, Coyote Run Farm, Dan-D Farms, Pierce’s Pumpkin Patch
Reichert’s Dairy Air, Schneider Orchards, White Breast Pottery and Weaving and new this year: Crooked Gap Farm.
Follow The Beginning Farmer's Wife on Facebook for additional personal peeks at building a family farm.
3 comments:
Nice to have you back blogging Becca.I too use FB often to prmote our farm and talk about meat available etc but I so like the "sit down. have a cup of tea and catch up with friends" format of the blog. Be sute to take pics of your farm crawl. Maybe some of us here in Central Illinois could copy the concept !
Wow, what a great idea! Wish I was close enough to make it. Good luck!
I have heard that pumpkins make great livestock feed. With such a great pumpkin grower in your area maybe you could work out a deal that would help them get rid of their leftover pumpkins and get you some great feed.
Just a thought :)
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