Farm 11When people go to  visit farms, they expect to see animals in stalls, but this farm was different.  At Applepond Farm the animals roam the farm, except they have to come in at night.  On most farms, workers do all the work and visitors observe.  At Applepond Farm the visitors watch to learn, then do it themselves.  

 

On our very first day at Applepond Farm a lady named Katrina woke us up at 7:30 AM and we picked eggs, milked goats, fed the sheep, horses, goats, chickens, donkeys.  After that we fed ourselves by picking food from the garden and preparing it ourselves.  Farm 4Most days we would talk with Katrina about what special chores we could do. We created reasonable goals that we could reach.  We had to complete them sometime in the day, without help.  We could be scooping chicken poop and refilling the pens with shavings.  We could be walking baby goats, or trying to catch kittens in cages.  Whatever the chore was, Katrina gave us from 7:30 am  to 5:30 pm (chore time’s.)  From the farm I learned three important things,

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1: Being trustworthy.

 

2: Setting reasonable goals.

 

3:The importance of fulfilling your commitment


These are 3 really important life skills that people learn little by little, but never truly learn until they are given a responsibility and opportunity to prove it and that is exactly what the farm gave me.Farm 3