On October 23 the Junior High visited
the farm. When they got here everyone talked to each other for a few minutes
then gathered in a circle by the long barn. Once the teachers announced who was
in what group we got to work. Some people went off to work on taking care of
the bees and counting birds and others made sauerkraut. My group organized the
greenhouse and started to dry the 16 tubs of sunflower heads.
After
we did that we took the van across the farm to harvest the remaining potatoes.
One of us sat on a seat of the tractor attachment and kicked the dirt clumps
off. We did four rows of potatoes and we harvested 250 some pounds of potatoes.
The hard thing was moving the tubs of potatoes that were 40 pounds each. Once
we got all the tubs in the truck we went back to the Farmstead and washed the
potatoes and picked out ones that weren’t good.
After
lunch we had 45 minutes of free time and everyone went to the new maze that we
made for the Halloween event. Other people went to the tree house or the bird
blind or on a hike. But wherever we went we all met up at the Homestead to get
on the bus. Then as the Farm Stay students stood on the porch we waved goodbye
to the rest of the Junior High.
By: Michael
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