Today, Luke and I went to a "pumpkin patch" at Coffey Grounds, as part of the Moms & Tots activities. It was a beautiful day and perfect weather to do some fun activities outside!
Coffey Grounds is now mainly an apple orchard, and there are more then 370 apple tree now on the farm! But there are also pumpkin and other vegetables grown here. Nancy (the owner) showed us how to pick apples, clean them and then sort them using a very old machine. It was so fascinating to see the entire process!
Here is a photo of Nancy showing us inside the apple cabin (^v^)
Coffey Grounds is now mainly an apple orchard, and there are more then 370 apple tree now on the farm! But there are also pumpkin and other vegetables grown here. Nancy (the owner) showed us how to pick apples, clean them and then sort them using a very old machine. It was so fascinating to see the entire process!
Here is a photo of Nancy showing us inside the apple cabin (^v^)
She has a lot of fun stories and questions that kids love!After we visited the apple cabin, Nancy took us on a cart ride to show us her farm. It was so fun to ride with friends on the cart towed behind her truck! And we all enjoyed the beautiful scenery.
We had to careful where we sat, since it has to be same weight on both side of the cart!
Kids were so excited -- of course, Luke and I were too!
I had to hold him really tight, otherwise he would get down and try to walk around. But Nancy kept reminding all of us to "Sit down and DO NOT move around!"
I was amazed at the beauty of the scenery around her farm! We kept saying "Oh my goodness, it's beautiful!" Maybe Nancy grows tired of hearing the same thing every day by the end of the ride!
This is Nancy's sister's Christmas tree farm. There are many Christmas tree farm in NC. Paul and I are thinking of going to cut our own Christmas tree when Luke gets a bit older -- It's going to be fun!
After the ride, we went to the pumpkin patch!
We had a good time walking around in the corn field, and all the kids were excited to find a lot of different kinds of scarecrows!
Nancy prepared pumpkins for the kids. They were cute little pumpkins that kids could picked up easily (^-^) Luke carried two pumpkins around!
After we picked out pumpkins to bring home, Nancy shows us some old games that early pioneers played -- one was originally an American Indian game.
Luke really liked the game!
We had to careful where we sat, since it has to be same weight on both side of the cart!
Kids were so excited -- of course, Luke and I were too!
I had to hold him really tight, otherwise he would get down and try to walk around. But Nancy kept reminding all of us to "Sit down and DO NOT move around!"
I was amazed at the beauty of the scenery around her farm! We kept saying "Oh my goodness, it's beautiful!" Maybe Nancy grows tired of hearing the same thing every day by the end of the ride!
This is Nancy's sister's Christmas tree farm. There are many Christmas tree farm in NC. Paul and I are thinking of going to cut our own Christmas tree when Luke gets a bit older -- It's going to be fun!After the ride, we went to the pumpkin patch!
We had a good time walking around in the corn field, and all the kids were excited to find a lot of different kinds of scarecrows!
Nancy prepared pumpkins for the kids. They were cute little pumpkins that kids could picked up easily (^-^) Luke carried two pumpkins around!
After we picked out pumpkins to bring home, Nancy shows us some old games that early pioneers played -- one was originally an American Indian game.
Luke really liked the game!We had such a wonderful time, and Luke had a nice nap in the car on the way home. I'm sure he was dreaming about pumpkins and scarecrows (^-^)
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