Kaw Valley Farm Tour

  Have you ever been on the Kaw Valley Farm Tour?  We had gone several years ago, and had been dying to go again.  So we invited Great Grampa along and took off for an afternoon.  It takes place early in October and is on a Saturday & Sunday.  You can't beat the cost - $10 per car.  There is a wide range of farms featured.  This year we took in:

A lavender farm

lavender on the drying racks

A regular farm

feeding the turkeys

hayrack ride with Grampa

climbing hay bales

A winery/orchard

   One of the ways this winery was organic was in its weed control - sheep!  Did you know that sheep love to eat poison ivy??? I'm thinking of starting a herd now... ;)

  I was really impressed because Shorty was very involved in asking questions while we were out.  Especially at the winery, he would ask "what's that for?" about each piece of machinery.

  We also went to a bee farm & a nursery where we were able to go into a butterfly enclosure (at a cut rate with our farm tour pass).  Not a bad day for $10 per car! ;)  Of course each place sells some of their wares. We came home with honey, and a bag of craft lavender.  What a wonderful way to find out about & support local businesses.