Life In The Creek
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Oct. 9, 2008
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Slow Poke Farm- Field Trip
We went to the Slow Poke Farm today and what a fun filled day it was!
Here is some history on the Slow Poke Farm
Slow Poke Farm History
 Hill & Anna -operators of the SPF
After a warm greeting by Miss Anna and Mr Hill we start our field trip.
Anna and Hill are great educators as we learn a lot when we visit the Slow Poke Farm.
Anna or Hill show the children how they used to have to take corn off the cob using a grinder
to make feed for the chickens and other animals on the farm. We collected it in small cups and they then
take us past Cupcake a Potbellied Pig and Dolly a Mountain Sheep on our way to the Hen House & yard house a variety of chicken all which produce the common white egg along with brown eggs and yet another color of egg a GREEN one! Yep, I am not joking. The hen yard also housed several goats whom I referred to as the 3 billy goats gruff and a little piglet named what else... but Wilber.
The children got to hold a hen, find a warm freshly laid egg and feed all the animals.
We then went to the pumpkin patch where we could chose our own pumpkin right off the vine.
They didnt' grow very big this year as there wasn't much rain but non the less the children had a blast picking and chosing until they found the next perfect pumpkin then they had to make a choice.
We then went to play some games, good old fashion ones great for fall.
We rolled pumpkins down a little hill into these huge buckets that were placed on their sides sorta like bowling but with pumpkins. The children also had a wheelbarrow race where they took some corn and had to take it to the other side dump it and then return the wheelbarrow.
The children also got to go through a hay maze which they enjoyed so much that they did it several times.
Then it was time for lunch as lunch was included in our price. :)
We had delicious hot dogs, chips, a beverage and cheese crackers along with a surprise from Miss Anna as she baked us chocolate cupcakes and Mr. Hill shared some of his home grown watermelon with us. YUM!
After lunch we all got on the wagon to take a hayride out to the corn maze where the was a fun maze with a sculpture of a cow in the middle of the maze! The kids got a kick out of finding it and then finding their way back out of the maze on the other side. Another thing we got to do was to feed the BEEF cattle. Slow Poke Farm has a nice herd of beef cattle and although they didn't bite their tongues were rough like sandpaper and a lot of slobber! Thank goodness for for wipes and hand sanitizer until we could get some hot water and soap. 
Oh, I almost forgot on the way to the hen house, Mr Hill took a pitch fork and dug up a huge peanut plant with real peanuts attached to the roots. He gave us all a huge piece of it and we all took a sample home.
It was a fun filled long day but so educational with all of the hands on learning.
We look forward to returning to Slow Poke Farm next year! |
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About Me
My tidbits as homeschool my daughter and general "Life In The Creek".
I have 14 yrs. between my children. My 1st blessing, my adult son Z-4/89. My 2nd blessing, my daughter, M-12/02, I am homeschooling 2nd grade this year (2009-2010) and pray that God will grant my hearts desire to continue this journey of homeschooling as this marks my 4th year.. Yes, we started when she was 2.5 to 3 years old, that happens when you have an accelerated learner. |
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