It's Spring on the Farm! Please join us on Saturday May 10th, 2008 10a.m.-5p.m. for our Annual Spring Open Farm Day
						We would like to invite you to join us for part or all of the day on the farm. Bring your grandparents, your children or your grandchildren, neighbors and friends. There is no fee to attend, no parking fee. Just good fellowship and a chance to spend time in the country on a working farm.  We have lots of colorful lambs bouncing around the fields. There may be some newly hatched chicks following their moms around. We have miniature donkeys and an Icelandic mare and her companion for the children to pet. This is LAVENDER DAY and the greenhouse is full of lavender that is growing lush and green now that spring has finally arrived in Michigan. So measure out your garden space and decide how many plants you can fit in the garden. As time permits, I will take people out into the lavender garden to point out the plant varieties and talk about growing & harvesting lavender for a variety of end uses. Our studio/shop will be open and you can find unique Mother's Day gifts, including our specialty - Lavender Sheep Milk Soap, back by popular demand, and only made seasonally. A new focus this season is Locally Grown foods. Come and meet some Midland county farmers who grow pork, beef, chicken and eggs. Find out who you can purchase safe, humanely farmed locally grown meat products from. Our farmers will be taking orders and also offering frozen farm raised beef and pork and hopefully eggs. We hope to have a grill going so you can sample, taste-test our farm raised meat products. We will be taking orders for Fall Lamb, pasture raised. There is a limited amount available, so prepare to bring a $50 deposit to reserve your lamb for the season. This is the first time we're able to offer our gourmet quality lamb to the public.
Other activities of interest will hopefully include: A traditional Viking Reenactor, who will set up a traditional medieval Viking camp on the farm. Come see living history with the same animals the Vikings settled Iceland with in the years around 1100. Our daughter Mikaela who is a history buff is especially excited about this event. There will be wool felting activities for the children, as well as demonstrations of spinning wool. Children will also be able to make their own "Fairy Garden" with Master Gardener Pat Manley. NO PETS PLEASE... because we have our own dogs plus puppies here, we request that you do not bring your own dogs to the farm this day. Thank you! If you have questions, please email or phone 989/832-4908. Our address is: 3826 N. Eastman Rd. Midland, MI 48642 for those who want to mapquest directions. See you on May 10th!