A Sweet Field Trip

A dear, sweet young lady in our church works at a local farm that sells supplies for draft horses. During this season, Meader Supply also taps maple trees and make their own maple syrup. Emily was able to work it out that all of the homeschoolers from our church could come and learn how to make maple syrup, get shown around their supply store and also spend some time with the horses.

Today was the perfect day for it. It was a beautiful 64 degrees outside. It felt so nice and warm! Only here would we have this kind of weather with several feet of snow still on the ground in our front yard!

We all piled into the sugarhouse and listened, watched and tasted! Making good maple syrup is a fascinating and painstaking process. No wonder it is so expensive! The lady walked us through each step and explained everything thoroughly on a level that everyone could understand. It is so interesting. If you're ever in New England around this time of year, you really need to go and learn because I can promise you that Aunt Jemima's syrup is not made with this kind of love!

After we were done in the sugarhouse, we wandered over to the store and discovered that there's more to draft horses than just bridles! The place was huge! Emily showed us several different sizes of horseshoes and talked to us about the makeup of the hooves of a horse. It was really interesting.

Then the moment came that a lot of kids were excited about: petting the horses! We walked over to the corrals and got acquainted. The kids especially enjoyed plucking up the grass and feeding them. It was a wonderful field trip and a beautiful day. Thank you, Emily!