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January 27 Ice Harvest Ice Candle February Paper Mold 10 Old-Fashioned Valentine's Day Victorian Valentine's Day Card Maple Sugar Horse Bean Soup Gift Jar March Quilt Design 9 Visit from the Horse Doctor, Dentist & Shoer Horseshoe Dreamcatcher Log Bird Feeder Pine Needle Sachet Natural Dye Egg Coloring April Crepe Paper Chicks 13 Spring Beekeeping & Tree Planting Buzzing Bee Potato Printing 27 Spring Plowing & Field Work Pumpkin Garden Starter May Piggy Magnets Wool Sheep Pin
Corn Mosaic Sunflower Straw Star June 1 Dairying Flower Press Rag Ball 15 Pleasant Valley House Tours Harvest Bouquet Felted Flowers 29 Ice Cream Party & Wheat Harvest Wooden Boat Making & Sailing July 6 Evening Blacksmithing (5:00–8:00 p.m.) 13 Evening Animal Chores (5:00–8:00 p.m.) 20 Evening Animal Chores (5:00–8:00 p.m.) 27 & 28 Mercer County 4-H Fair & Wheat Threshing August Beeswax Medallion Potato Chips Canning Ring Wreath Tambourine Horse Pin September Pencil Box
14 Fall Plowing Worm & Dirt Dessert Bonnets & Hats 28 Wheat Planting, Weaving, Threshing & Baking Harvest Maidans October Dried Apple Garland Paper Basket Osage Orage Center Piece Leaf Candle November Apple Heads 9 Bacon, Sausage & Scrapple Making Piggy Magnet 16 Corn Harvest & Husking Bee Corn Wreath Twig Pine Tree 30 Thanksgiving Hayrides & Corn Picking Pine Door Swags December Victorian Star Ornament
| Naturally Friends Programs Join a County naturalist for a close-up look at the swallows, bats, owls, and insects that are essential to the ecosystem where farmers raise their crops and animals. February 8 – A Night of Owls, Howell Farm, Fish Barn –7:00- 8:30 p.m. April 20 – Bird Excursion, Capital City Farm – 2:00 p.m. May 18 – Barn Swallow Celebration, Howell Farm – 2:00 p.m. July 20 – Butterfly Bonanza, Capital City Farm – 10:00 a.m. August 16 – Nocturnal Nature Walk, Howell Farm – 7:30 p.m. October 19 – Spectacular Spiders, Capital City Farm – 10:00 a.m. October 24 – Bats & Skunks – Howell Farm, Fish Barn –7:00- 8:30 p.m. November 9 – Wooly Worm Weather Forecasting, Howell Farm – 2:00 p.m. Children’s StoryTime Designed for children five and under, StoryTime features a seasonal tale, and includes a visit to the barnyard to see the animals. Spring StoryTime TBD (May) 10:30–11:30 a.m. SummerTime TBD (June) 10:30–11:30 a.m.)
Fall StoryTime TBD (Sept.) 10:30–11:30 a.m.) Halloween StoryTime TBD (Oct.) 10:30–11:30 a.m.)
TBD (Dec.) 10:30–11:30 a.m. |