Family Harvest Festival, Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, Newbury, Saturday, September 26th
September 25, 2009
When: Saturday, September 26th, 11:00 am to 4:00 pmWhere: Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm, 5 Little’s Lane, Newbury, MA (off High Road, Route 1A)
Family Harvest Festival
Visit the Spencer-Peirce-Little Farm on Saturday, September 26th and see tractors and other farm equipment spanning eighty years.
- Try corn husking or win a prize at the pie-eating contest.
- Learn how simple machines help farmers with pumping water, pressing cider, and preparing food.
- Find your way through a hay bale maze, harvest wild herbs, and see vegetables preserved in the traditional way.
- Enjoy a wagon ride through the fields, build scarecrows, go on a pumpkin treasure hunt, and make fall crafts.
- Listen to folk music performed by Sweet Loretta’s Snake Oil Jug Band or watch a puppet show by Martha Dana.
The circa 1690 manor house is also open.
Cider, donuts, and hot lunch will be available.
Cost:
Admission is free to members of Historic New England, $6 for nonmembers and $4 for children of nonmembers.
For More Information:
For more information, call 978-462-2634.
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