Spring Plowing & Field WorkSaturday, April 27 | 10:00–4:00Children's Craft: Sunflower & Pumpkin Egg Carton Garden (11:00–3:00) Visitors of all ages can join workhorses Bill and Jesse to help plant a field of potatoes that will yield over 2,000 pounds of food for local soup kitchens. While farmers drive the horses and steer the plow to open up the rows, helpers will follow behind with baskets of seeds and place them in the furrows. Over the next 4 months the field will be weeded and hilled by interns and volunteers...before visitors again help to harvest the crop in mid-August. | Carousel Restoration Fundraiser Find beautiful, affordable, treasures and support the restoration of Howell Farm's 1930 Carousel. New Antiques Added Every Week! |
Sheep Shearing (March–April) Watch up close as a farmer shears a sheep by hand. Meet ewes and lambs in the barn and find out why special pens are sometimes needed for a mother sheep and her newborn. Learn how raw wool is cleaned, and prepare clean wool for spinning using cards to straighten the fibers. Try your hand at spinning yarn and weave a souvenir to take home. Spring Farm Animals (April – June) Springtime means new life in the fields and in the barnyard. Meet the recent arrivals, make feed for the hungry pigs, and learn how the farmer makes sure that the basic needs of each animal are met. In a 90-minute sampler of the Howell Farm morning chores, children meet horses, sheep, pigs, and chickens, learning how a farmer’s family works to keep the animals healthy, warm, and productive during the coming winter. Participants help shell and grind corn for animal feed, look for eggs in the henhouse, and help the farmer with other work around the farm. | April Crepe Paper Chicks 13 Spring Beekeeping & Tree Planting Buzzing Bee Potato Printing 27 Spring Plowing & Field Work Pumpkin Garden Starter | April 20 Antiques For Sale in the Visitor Center! A fundraiser for the restoration of Howell Farm's 1930 carousel March 27 Baby Chicks Arrive Via the USPS! March 21 Black-eyed Lamb is born... too cute! |