Full Belly Farm Trip: May, 2011
Here are the pictures from our trip to Full Belly Farm! The postponement of one day made a world of difference for us as we had such spectacular weather all three days! From touring the 300 acre farm on a tractor hay ride, working on chores such as weeding herb beds, harvesting strawberries, lettuce, asparagus, and yarrow flowers, feeding the 800 chickens and collecting their eggs, feeding the pig, goats, and darling baby sheep (out of bottles), and packing 360 CSA boxes in record time, the children were magically exposed to life on a real working organic farm, and boy did they enjoy it. I wish I could take a picture of the smile on each child’s face during some moment on this trip— they were so inspired and stretched in healthy ways. “This is the best (fill in the blank) I have ever had!” was a constant refrain throughout our stay. There were so many firsts on this trip: Riding behind a tractor, drinking raw milk warm from the cow, eating raw and cooked asparagus, going to sleep without mom and dad, being away from family for so long, setting up tents/camping, keeping track (or trying to anyway) of own clothing, roasting a marshmallow, swimming in a creek, feeding baby lambs, having a chicken lay an egg in your hand!!!, harvesting asparagus... I could go on and on. Everybody was stretched— even the adults— and we all gained something profound from it I am certain.
Teamwork: Packing 360 CSA Boxes!
Chicken and Egg
A Dip In The Creek
Camping
In Jammies By The Campfire
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Hayride
Harvesting Yarrow Flowers
Fun Around Camp
Dishes
Work: Harvesting (Strawberry, Asparagus, Lettuce), & Weeding
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Trip to the Long Meadow Ranch Rutherford Gardens:
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Shots from Long Meadow...
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