Farm Visits

Spring 2004, before we moved to Viroqua, we hosted visits to our 'hobby farm' from Twin Cities homeschooling families. The families arrived bright and early in the morning so that they could participate in farm chores: together we fed and watered animals, collected eggs and milked the goats. The visits were a wonderful mixture of handling the animals and finding out what it means to care for them, as well as work in the garden such as planting potatoes.

	Isaac bottle-feeds the kids whilst Maeve gets hay for the older goats
The cats are always very popular!	Buddy the pot-bellied pig shyly approaches
Isaac is determined to muck out the goat pen! \|	Planting and covering up this year's potatoes
	Youngsters! Ducks, goat, Nigel... The wonder of a chick
When they got home, Jacob and Aaron drew their impression of their visits