Fun on the Farm

Yesterday we went to our CSA farm's fund raiser (a folk dance and pig roast). The farm, Community Homestead, is a "Non-profit rural community living and working with people with special needs" http://http://www.communityhomestead.org/

For us it was a great opportunity to let Odin run around on the farm and not have to cook dinner. The farm does more than just vegetables, they also have an orchard, a heard of dairy cattle (Odin loved the cattle barn), raise sheep and pigs (for meat), a full working woodshop, make paper and have a full bakery.




There was a big hay wagon for the kiddos to play in.. It looked like a big hit.




We literally RAN all over the farm. Did a bit of square dancing, went for a wagon ride and Odin even got to sit on a tractor! We did a little square dancing and had a blast. Odin even made his own hula hoop out of some extra PVC irrigating tubing (it was one of the kids activities).












It was past Odin's usual bed time as we were leaving and he stayed awake and happy the whole way home (about an hour). What a great summer day. . .

***For those of you not familiar a CSA is a Community Supported Agriculture farm. You pay for a share of the farms crop. It is a win win for both farm and consumer. The farm has a guaranteed income even in poor weather years, and the consumer gets fresh local (and usually organic) produce.