Thursday, September 6, 2012

A Visit to the Farm

This morning Faith and I went on her first field trip of the school year!  We visited a local farm, The Painted Pony, and learned about animals and picked some apples!  Faith had been looking forward to this particular field trip because she really wants to go to farm camp next summer at the Painted Pony! 
 
After learning about the farm and some of the trees in the area, all the kids were given the opportunity to hold baby chicks and some bunnies!  Faith was a little unsure about holding the bunny, but she did do it!
 
This girls doesn't let many photo opportunities go to waste!
 
After holding the animals, the kids had the chance to pick some apples.  We picked Braeburn apples, as those were the one type that was ready to be picked.  We learned that the apple trees at this farm are trees that need only 300 hours of below freezing temperatures.  Most apple trees need many more hours, but since the hills of Santa Paula (where the farm is located!) do go below freezing on winter nights, they can grow apples, but only a limited number of types.
 
Finally the kids were able to feed the sheep, goats, ponies, and pig!  This was Faith's favorite part!  She could have stayed all day if we did not have to pick Shane up from preschool!

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