Sunday 21 September 2008

Horses and ... Apples!



Today we took part of the 15th Annual Essex County Farm Hiker Tour! It is a free event where you can visit a few different farms in the area. We chose to visit 2 this afternoon. The first one was Windsor Farms Equine Centre. We were able to tour the barns, see the horses, learn about their diet, and watch a riding demonstration. Dragon and Fairy were able to ride a horse!

Our second stop was at Nickels Orchards. It is a family owned farm of over 100 acres. They grow peaches, pears, apples, plums, green and red peppers. We even saw apricot trees there. We walked through a small section of their orchard. We also went through the packing shed where a guide explained how the apples get processed before they are shipped out. We brought home Gala apples, Golden Delicious apples, pears, plums, peppers, and peaches! The little pumpkins were from a road-side stand on our way home.


3 comments:

  1. WOW! What fun, you all must have had a wonderful day. Cambrie would love to have gone to learn about the horses. Apples trees are so nice when they are ready to pick!

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  2. Hos lucky you are to be able to take advantage of that. My DD would so love to go visit a horse farm.

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  3. Hey, that sounds like a wonderful day.

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