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2009 Calendar of Events and Programs

Click on an underlined event name for more information, including children's craft program.
Programs are subject to chage and field programs are subject to favorable weather conditions.

Program dates are Saturdays unless otherwise noted. Programs with "*" will feature a comparison of the Farm's circa 1900 methods with those of earlier and later periods.

January
3
Farm Closed

10
Farm Closed

17
Farm Closed
24
Farm Closed


31
Ice Harvest
February
7
Sugar Tree Tapping
14
Valentine's Day Rides

21
Winter Kitchen
27 (Friday)
A Winter's Tale
7:30pm
28
Maple Sugaring
March
7
Maple Sugaring
14*
Visits from Horse Doctor, Dentist,
Shoer


20 (Friday)
Spring Barn Dance
7:30pm
21
Workhorse Rides
28
Sawmilling and Tree Planting
April

4
Beekeeping/
New Faces Day

 

5 (Sunday)
Phillips Gristmill Walking Tour
Noon-4:00pm
11*
Henhouse Visits

17 (Friday)
Pleasant Valley Schoolhouse talk and photo tour
7:30pm

18*
Wagon Tours of Spring Tillage
25
Potato Planting

26 (Sunday)
Open Hearth Cooking Program

 

 

 

May

2
Sheep Shearing

 

3 (Sunday)
Pleasant Valley Schoolhouse Tour
Noon-4:00pm

8 (Friday)
Three Centuries Fashion Show
7:30pm

 

9
Pleasant Valley House Tours
16*
Corn Planting
23
Hayrides
29 (Friday)
On the Road with Elsie the Cow
7:30pm
30*
Haying


 

 

June
6
Dairy Day

13
Blacksmithing

 

20
Hog Slopping and Weighing
27
Oldtime Baseball
28 (Sunday)
Visit to Franklyn Wooden Poulty Farm
Noon-4:00pm
July
4
Ice Cream Party
11*
Wheat Harvest
18
Evening Hayrides
5:00-8:00pm

25
Evening Hayrides
5:00-8:00pm

August

1
Mercer County 4-H Fair

 

2 (Sunday)
Mercer County 4-H Fair: History Day Tours & Photo Exhibit -Noon-4:00pm


8
Honey Harvest
14 (Friday)
Summer Barn Dance
7:30pm
15
Pleasant Valley Wagon Tours

22
Potato Harvest


29
Fiddlin' on the Farm


 

 

 

September                                        2009 Corn Maze

5
Plowing Match

 

12
Back to School
19
Canning

20 (Sunday)
Tours of the Pleasant Valley Historical Park
Noon-4:00pm

25 (Friday)
Saving New Jersey's Barns
7:30pm

26
Fall Tillage Wagon Tours




 

 


October                                             2009 Corn Maze

3
Fall Festival

 

4 (Sunday)
Fall Festival
Noon-4:00pm
10
Pumpkin & Indian Corn Harvest
16 (Friday)
Get to Know Your Quilts
7:30pm
17
Quilting
24
Cider Making
31
Autumn Hayrides

 





 
November                                         2009 Corn Maze

7
Bacon, Sausage & Scrapple Making

 

13 (Friday)
Harvest Moon Dance
7:30pm
14*
Field Corn & /Popcorn Harvest
21
Oldtime Auction
22 (Sunday)
John Phillips House Open Hearth Cooking
Noon-4:00pm

28
Thanksgiving Hayrides; Wreath & Sleighbell Sale

   

 
December

5
Christmas on the Farm


12
Farm Closed
19
Farm Closed
26
Farm Closed