This weekend we went to our second
Tour de Farm of the summer. The last Tour de Farm we went to was a sit down dinner, this one, on the other hand, was more of a family picnic with everyone spread out of blankets & at picnic tables. The venue was the
Oliver H. Kelley Farm, a working 1860's farm run by the MN Historical Society.
Created with flickr slideshow from softsea.We got to tour the farm, play with the animals, help with the chores & of course, eat lots of good food. Dinner was a pork extravaganza thanks to Mike Philips, formerly of Craftsman now of
Green Ox Foods along with Scott Pampuch & his crew . Apparently, Mike took a liking to a sow at the farm last year & this year she became our dinner, all 630 pounds of her! All the ingredients came from Oliver Kelley Farm as well as other MN are farms & were prepared without any electricity. Apple crisp (with just a hint of pork) & sweet corn ice cream on the porch of an 1800's farmhouse as the sun set on a warm fall evening was the perfect way to say goodbye to summer.
There are two Tour de Farms left this year, October 10th at Rogotzke Maple Syrup Farm in Duluth & New Year's Eve at Star Thrower Farm. Tickets are available to both
here.
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4 comments:
I like the Flickr slideshow, Kat, that's cool!
Sounds like it was a lovely afternoon.
Very fun - and very yummy!
Wow very neat place. I love the pics!
Oh, I love the pumpkin patch! Fall farm tours are as great to me as the summer ones.
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