Saturdays are the big visitor days. There's a specific activity each Saturday geared toward the seasonal farm work, like Maple Sugaring, Sheep Shearing, Haying, Corn Planting, etc. Maybe what I'll do is talk about the activity coming up next. Most of them are the same each year, though the timing may change a little. Sometimes there is an entirely new program, to be tested on the unsuspecting public.
Since I already described Fall Festival (threshing), I'll do two to catch up. This past Saturday, Oct. 8th, was Pumpkin and Indian Corn Harvest. This was a low-key event, which is necessary after a busy weekend like Fall Festival. Folks can go out into the pumpkin field to pick their own or they can choose from some that have already been brought in from the field.
And they can help pick Indian corn, which are then tied together, usually in bunches of 3, for decoration. They may choose to buy one for their own front door.
A tangent - A new visitor center was built in 2002, so the historic farmhouse would no longer have to bear the brunt of that role. An old barn was moved from another Mercer Co. park a few years later and re-erected as part of the visitor center. There are now some Friday evening programs being held. And the historic house is now in the midst of restoration and repairs.
On Oct. 7th, there was a presentation, "Get to Know Your Quilts", which was sort of a lead in to next Saturday's Quilting program. There will be quilts on display and visitors can learn to quilt.
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