In February, we completed our first hike as a family of 5, in near-freezing temperatures, at Silver Falls State Park. Olivia celebrated her birthday with a dozen or so preschool friends by way of a unicorn-themed birthday party at our house, complete with a rainbow cake, piñata, and l...
First, decide what type of farm you want to visit. Are you more interested in learning about crops or animals? A good option is a mixed farm, which has both. There are subsistence farms, which are just for the farmer and his family. Then there are commercial farms, which grow crops an...
Situated on over 300 acres near Fayetteville, North Carolina, Sweet Valley Ranch boasts a diverse landscape that includes 40 acres of protected wetlands. Our farm is home to a wide variety of animals, including Quarter Horses, Llamas, Angus Cows, Pot Belly Pigs, Macaws,Ducks, Miniature Horses,...
Within the surveyed family farms, values of importance include an innovative spirit, respectful and esteeming interactions among each other and towards the farming animals, enjoying daily work or taking personal responsibility in thinking, and acting within both the context of the family and of the ...
beginning farmers and ranchers, require that the applicant operate a“family farm.” That means“the majority of the business is owned by an operator and any individuals related to them by blood, marriage or adoption” — a definition that applies to about98% of all U.S. farms...
As I decided to dig deeper into the best crops for Potter County, PA I learned that most farms were best suited for dairy and poultry farms and potatoes! (No one loves potatoes more than me). Farming back in the early 1900’s was hard work (it’s hard today) but you didn’t have...
Ottawa Farms(Bloomingdale, near Savannah). Explore the corn maze, visit farm animals, cheer at the pig races, and take a farm hayride. Carlton Farms(Rockmart). The corn maze is a 5-acre field with approximately 2 miles of trails. They also have hayrides, pumpkin patch, baby animal barn...
(and then thrive), the couple who run it have got rid of all their cows. Their enterprise is now is in effect a yoghurt and ice cream factory, buying milk at just above the unsustainable going rate from neighbouring farms. The essay sees the source of the problem in the subsidy ...
with Union lines or forces. While many blacks remained on farms and plantations in areas occupied by federal forces, many other blacks either took flight, searching for Union lines, or departed from their former homes as the Union moved out. Camps for fugitives ranged from makeshift cover just...
The area got its name from the French-Canadian trappers who had worked for the Hudson’s Bay Company in earlier years and had now retired to farms there. Samuel and Marcellisse had one more child, Minnie, born in 1862, and remained on their homestead near Gervais for the rest of their ...