Just a perfect saturday to take a little ride to the farm. In this case - Vale Wood Farms - The Official Dairy of Vintage Johnstown. We are longtime customers and besides loving all their wonderful products - it's great to be able to enjoy home delivery.
There was a little bit of everything for the kids to enjoy at:
The Annual Vale Wood Farms Pumpkin Patch will be October 1-21 from 11 am to 5 pm
Come visit the farm for hayrides, games, a maze, pumpkins, fall decorations, pumpkin pie and apple ice cream, apple dumplings, and more!
Who can resist this cute little baby calf. Valewood prides itself on being a Certified Cow Friendly Dairy along with being hormone free.
RJ with a smile on his face.
And of course pumpkins from the small....
to the large...
RJ trying his hand at milking old Bessie
He's milking it for all it's worth
Some of the animals the kids could see - from this pair of piglets who went wee, wee, wee all the way home
to Susie the Goat - a 4H project - who went to the Cambria County Fair and wasn't supposed to come home. But the teenager who raised her couldn't bare to part with her.
One of the chickens - showing off and strutting around
RJ with his dad - Roger Edwards
Having a ball at the hay maze
Picking out just the right gourds for the Angry Gourd Game
Heading over....
with his mom - Kelly (Cacicia) Edwards
While the boys try to launch their gourds to outer space.
of course - they didn't hit a single target.
After the fun and games - we stood in line to go on a hay ride and tour some of the farm complex.
Just beautiful countryside.
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The milking cows enjoying a snack.
Hay!
The milking barn - sorry this picture isn't the greatest - it was hard taking shots in a moving hay wagon.
The nursery where the newborn calves are kept for a few days.
What a little sweetie
They put these jackets on them to help keep them warm the first couple of days.
As we were waiting in line for the hay wagon tour - RJ was not a happy camper. All he kept saying was that he didn't want to go on any "lame" tour.
Well - this is the boy at the end and guess what he said - "lets go for another ride!" We all loved it and a special shoutout to the young woman who was our tour guide - she did an excellent job at explaining everything and answering all our questions.
Next up - the corn maze
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To help make it even more interesting and educational - they set up neat questions that you had to guess the answer to. Like this one - how much honey do bees produce in their lifetime - 1/12 tsp or 1 tbsp - the answer 1/12 tsp. No wonder they are always so mad.
This concludes your visit to Vale Wood Farms. Oh and before I forget - what do you think their best selling product is.........why it's 2% milk.
Very nice, we usually get there but didn't make it yet. Their milk is the absolute best, even better than Galliker's.
ReplyDeleteTheir milk is amazing ... it tastes so clean, and the without hormones the milk is safer to drink. I love it!
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