Following the bison farm, we went to Bakerwoods (
visitbakerwoodsfarm.com) in Ashford, CT. The owner gave us a tour of the animals (donkey, sheep, horse, goats, tons of chickens and chicks, ducks, turkeys (including two wild turkey chicks someone couldn't get off their doorstep), two breeds of pheasants, parakeets, several breeds of pigeons including some very aptly named "hooded nuns", read-eared slider turtles, baby painted turtles, and many rabbits. The kids went absolutely wild to see all these animals, and loved to see all the chickens and pigeons roaming about. They each got to hold an adorable little bunny and to feed the turtles. Then we headed out on the I Spy Gnome trail. She gave each of them a laminated sheet with various items to find along the way, so we had a nice walk in the woods to end our day.
Strut (the turkey's name) really likes to do just that. You can just see the tail of his "woman" sticking out behind him. Evidently he thought we meant her harm. Or he just likes showing off his "rack" because he kept following us around all puffed up like this, gobbling once in a while. He wasn't aggressive at all, just, well, strutting.
Everyone got a chance to hold the cute lil bunny. The bunny seemed mystified by Lucia and stared at her the whole time he was on her lap.
We were on the I Spy Gnome trail, and found several trees with little red cones on the leaves. Here's dante examining what we determined to be the gnome hat-growing fields. We came home and learned that they are Red Coned Galls (creative name, huh?) and they house a tiny gall wasp larvae in their center.
This cooksite was one of the areas we had to look for items misplaced by the gnomes. Lucia discovered the missing lantern hidden in the trees. Dante really likes open hearth cooking, even when it's pretend.
Strut (the turkey's name) really likes to do just that. You can just see the tail of his "woman" sticking out behind him. Evidently he thought we meant her harm. Or he just likes showing off his "rack" because he kept following us around all puffed up like this, gobbling once in a while. He wasn't aggressive at all, just, well, strutting.
Everyone got a chance to hold the cute lil bunny. The bunny seemed mystified by Lucia and stared at her the whole time he was on her lap.
We were on the I Spy Gnome trail, and found several trees with little red cones on the leaves. Here's dante examining what we determined to be the gnome hat-growing fields. We came home and learned that they are Red Coned Galls (creative name, huh?) and they house a tiny gall wasp larvae in their center.
This cooksite was one of the areas we had to look for items misplaced by the gnomes. Lucia discovered the missing lantern hidden in the trees. Dante really likes open hearth cooking, even when it's pretend.
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