“For whatever we lost (like a you or a me)
it’s always ourselves we find in the sea..”(or on the farm)
–  E.E. Cummings

What did you discover today?

Gus: We learned that the cows are really protective of their children and we saw one learning to go into her stall today.

Colette: I discovered that in nature there are a lot of different shapes – there are heart shaped leaves and herbs.

Dora: I discovered the best raspberries I’ve ever tasted. We picked them fresh.

Olivia P: …that Mark Teague who wrote and illustrated the Three Little Pigs book was making a video at the farm with the pigs.

Tilda: …that cows like to poop a lot. Their tail lifts up right when they are going to poop.”

Piper: “That it’s really fast to make butter if you just shake the milk.”

Johnny: “…how to pick certain kinds of vegetables like beets. We also tasted some plants – I liked the sour chew and the raspberries. I also learned how to cut onions”

Zach: “I discovered that adding apple cider to soup actually makes it taste better.”

Eli: “That it’s really fun and hard to herd the cows in but I found it very interesting. The part that was hard is the cows sometimes didn’t want to move.”

Jack: “I discovered that they make really good food on the farm, like the sauerkraut!”

Ben: “I discovered that I do not like molasses. I also learned that if I go inside the pigpen the pigs will nibble my boots and they won’t break.”

Emily: “I cooked pumpkin soup and ginger cookies and they were really good.”

Lila: “I discovered that it’s hard to draw the horses because they keep moving.”

Margaret: “I discovered that cows are actually not very scary, they are harmless. I thought they would all be raging towards me but they didn’t.”

Olivia B: “I discovered that cleaning the barn is really hard then all of your work really doesn’t pay off because the cows just go poop again.”

Oni: “I discovered that riding a horse isn’t so scary. I trotted!”

Kate: “I discovered not to go through an electrified fence and you should just use the gate.”

Meadow: “I learned that you can really trust horses because I lied down on one and he didn’t move. When she was galloping and I would tap her neck, she would slow down.”

Polly: “I discovered that when you herd cows, you can tap them on the butt lightly to make them go.”

Freddie: “I discovered it was really gross feeding the pigs. We had to give them this food that looked like it was covered in mud.

Cooper: “I discovered that pigs aren’t that bad – they’re actually really cute. I noticed that they just kept eating and eating and they really wouldn’t stop even when I had a piece of zucchini in my hand.”